INOC withdraws defamation suit for Sonia NYT ad

August 05, 2011 13:59

On March 11, 2008, the Indian National Overseas Congress had filed a suit against Bharat Barai alleging that he was involved in the publication of an advertisement criticising Sonia Gandhi in the New York Times, dated October 6, 2007. The INOC had filed a suit for damages for $100 million -- Cause No.2.10-cv-141 vs Dr Barai in the US Courts of Appeal in Chicago.

However, it now appears that the INOC has withdrawn the suit and says it regrets filing the complaint naming Dr Barai.

The advertisement had said that Sonia Gandhi was "not a representative of Gandhian values and attacked her on multiple fronts: corruption, deception, violence, intolerance, terrorism, self-aggrandizement and religious bias.

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