Details on the legal notice against Arvind Kejriwal.

Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit today slapped a legal notice which accuses Kejriwal of using "foul and filthy language" while making "baseless allegations" against the chief minister and her associates, and asks for a public apology.

The NDTV report says that Kejriwal's new political party, founded earlier this month, is expected to fight its first election with Delhi's assembly polls.

Kejriwal has led several protests about power prices in Delhi; he says the Delhi government has conspired to over-charge consumers. The Opposition BJP has echoed those allegations.

"Yes we are defaming you... till the time you continue with  corruption, we will defame you," Mr Kejriwal said today after receiving Ms Dikshit's legal notice. Read