Sanjay Singh Assures Court docket He Will not Make Assertion In opposition to Goa CM’s Spouse In Defamation Swimsuit – News18
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Sulakshana, herself a neighborhood BJP chief, moved the courtroom in opposition to the AAP chief after Singh levelled allegations in opposition to her in reference to an alleged cash-for-jobs rip-off in Goa.
AAP MP Sanjay Singh (PTI Picture)
Aam Aadmi Get together MP Sanjay Singh assured a courtroom in Goa on Friday that he wouldn’t make any assertion in opposition to Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant’s spouse Sulakshana Sawant until the subsequent listening to of the defamation case filed by her.
Sulakshana, herself a neighborhood BJP chief, moved the courtroom in opposition to the AAP chief after Singh levelled allegations in opposition to her in reference to an alleged cash-for-jobs rip-off in Goa.
The case, the place she has sought damages of Rs 100 crore, got here up earlier than the civil courtroom at Bicholim. On the earlier listening to, the courtroom had sought Singh’s reply.
Advocate Pralhad Paranjape who represented Sulakshana Sawant together with senior advocate S V Manohar advised reporters that they requested for a courtroom `injunction’ or interim order restraining Singh from making any additional defamatory statements in opposition to her.
“The counsel for defendant (Singh) made a press release that until the subsequent listening to, they won’t make any additional statements,” he stated.
The case could be heard once more on January 24, the lawyer added.
Singh, a Rajya Sabha member, had made sure allegations in opposition to Sulakshana Sawant at a press convention in Delhi final yr.
Moreover compensation, Sawant has demanded an apology from the AAP MP with a clarification that his statements weren’t true.
Opposition in Goa has been concentrating on the BJP authorities within the state over a `rip-off’ the place some folks allegedly duped scores of job aspirants promising them authorities jobs for cash.
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