AAP rebel leader Kumar Vishwas tells the Delhi High Court that his statements against BJP senior leader Arun Jaitley were based on information received from his party leader, Arvind Kejriwal.


He said he was personally not interested in going ahead with the matter and regretted any injury or damage caused to Jaitley. He said he was simply repeating what Arvind Kejriwal had said. The court has now granted time to Vishwas to decide on the statement he wants to make so the the defamation suit can be disposed of.

To bring you up to speed, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with AAP leaders Sanjay Singh, Ashutosh, Deepak Bajpai, Raghav Chadha and Kumar Vishwas had alleged irregularities in the Delhi District Cricket Administration which was once headed by Jaitley.

However, a joint plea last month was moved in a Delhi court by Jaitley, Kejriwal, Singh, Ashutosh, Bajpai and Chadha to "settle" their more than two years old litigation over alleged defamatory statements made against the BJP leader. The development came after the AAP leaders apologised for their remarks.

However, Vishwas had not moved any plea to settle the litigation. So, the defamation case against him stands.

Vishwas had then said he would not apologise to the finance minister and would contest the defamation cases filed against him.


Image: Kumar Vishwas. Picture courtesy his Twitter account.