Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar have been summoned by a special court in Bengaluru in a defamation case.
Rahul Gandhi Named In BJP’s Defamation Case
According to reports, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state secretary S Keshavaprasad on May 9 filed the case against the leaders for publishing an advertisement that claimed the then-incumbent BJP ”had looted” Rs 1.5 lakh crore from the state and extracted 40 per cent commission from government contracts.
According to the complaint, in the advertisement given on May 5 in major newspapers, the accused had made ”baseless, prejudiced and defamatory” allegations against the complainant party.
”The statements made in the newspaper publications on the first page of all the aforementioned newspapers are purely imaginary and fictitious,” the complainant further stated.
