Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi summoned in defamation case filed by BJP leader

A Delhi court on Tuesday summoned Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi education minister Atishi in a defamation case filed by a Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Bar and Bench reported.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Tanya Bamniwal said that on a preliminary reading of the case, there were presently no grounds for summoning Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

BJP leader Praveen Shankar Kapoor had filed the defamation case against Atishi and Kejriwal last month in connection with allegations by Aam Aadmi Party leaders that the Hindutva party was trying to poach its legislators.

Kapoor claimed that the allegations were false and that the Aam Aadmi Party had not produced any evidence to support its claims. He alleged that through such claims, the Kejriwal-led party was trying to divert public attention away from the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam.

Commenting on the matter on Tuesday, Kejriwal reiterated his claim that the several of his party’s leaders, including Atishi, would soon be arrested by the BJP-led government at the Centre.

“In completely flimsy, frivolous and false cases, they are arresting ALL leaders of AAP one by one,” the chief minister said in a social media post. “Every single opposition leader will be arrested if [Prime Minister Narendra Modi] comes back to power.”

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