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Kejriwal attack: AAP leader files defamation against BJP’s Manoj Tiwari
Sushil Kumar, who said he is the state president of the Jhuggi Jhopdi cell in the AAP, moved court against the two BJP leaders for alleging that Kejriwal had staged the attack
An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader has moved a defamation suit against Manoj Tiwari, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate for the North East Delhi parliamentary seat, and their Delhi spokesperson Harish Khurana in a case pertaining to an attack on Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal during a rally on April 4.
Sushil Kumar, who said he is the state president of the Jhuggi Jhopdi cell in the AAP, moved court against the two BJP leaders for alleging that Kejriwal had staged the attack.
In his complaint, Kumar also alleged that the BJP leaders had claimed that Kumar had himself attacked Kejriwal.
During a roadshow in Moti Nagar on April 4, Kejriwal was attacked by a 33-year-old man while he was standing on an open jeep. The Delhi Police had said the accused, Suresh Chauhan, is a scrap dealer and AAP supporter.
In a plea moved through their counsels Mohd Irshad and Rishikesh Kumar, the AAP leader said Tiwari and Khurana “have made false, frivolous statements with the intention to malign the image of the complainant and AAP among the electorate of Delhi”.
The matter is listed for May 13 for cognisance before additional chief metropolitan magistrate Samar Vishal.
Khurana said he will reply to the defamation suit only in court, after he receives a notice.
Pratyush Kant, the media in-charge of Delhi BJP also said they will fight these accusations in court.
“What Manoj Tiwari was trying to say was that these antics are not new to Arvind Kejriwal. He has been slapped during the assembly elections, the MCD election and now Lok Sabha elections. Even in Atishi’s case, she is being used as a pawn by Arvind Kejriwal,” Kant said.
