Defamation Case: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday that he would file a defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over a tweet related to Adani Group. Sarma told a press conference in Guwahati that the defamation case will be taken up with the Prime Minister on April 14. will be filed after Narendra Modi’s visit to Guwahati.
CM Himanta Sarma said, whatever Rahul Gandhi has tweeted is derogatory. We will reply after the Prime Minister leaves the state. They said, "Definitely defamation case will be filed in Guwahati."
Let us tell you that former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, while taking a jibe at some leaders who left the party in recent years, said on Saturday that attention is being diverted daily to hide the truth on the Adani case.
Rahul Gandhi tweeted
Rahul Gandhi citing Adani on Twitter, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiran Kumar Reddy and Anil K. Writing the name of Antony said, "They hide the truth, that’s why they mislead everyday! The question is the same – who has the benami amount of Rs 20,000 crore in Adani’s companies?" After leaving the Congress, Azad formed his own party, while the rest joined the BJP. Scindia is now a Union Minister and Sarma is the Chief Minister of Assam, Assam.
None, we’ll see you in court
Quoting former Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi’s tweet, Sarma had earlier tweeted, "It was our decency that we never asked you where did you hide the proceeds of crime earned from the Bofors and National Herald scams? And how did you let Ottavio Quattrocchi escape the clutches of Indian justice so many times? No one, we will meet in court." Prime Minister Modi will visit Guwahati to participate in several programmes.
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