Bathinda, November 1
Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal’s brother-in-law Jaijeet Singh Johal, alias Jojo, on Monday filed a defamation case against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal days after the AAP national convener accused him of recovering “Jojo tax” in Bathinda.
Johal through his lawyer filed the criminal defamation suit in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate alleging Kejriwal had made absurd statements to tarnish his political image. Johal recorded his statement in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Kapil Dev Singla.
The case, filed under Sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code, will be taken up on November 15.
Johal claimed Kejriwal had made the allegations under a conspiracy to malign him and the Congress and that he had no evidence to support the charge.
He brought to the court’s notice that in the past, Kejriwal had been making such allegations prior to the elections to draw political mileage and apologised once these were over. “Kejriwal has faced several defamation cases before and had been apologising each time,” he said. On October 29, Kejriwal during a meeting with traders here had referred to Johal, accusing him of running a “goonda tax regime” in Bathinda. Johal later said he would file a defamation suit against Kejriwal. — TNS
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