Channi to file defamation case against Kejriwal

January 21, 2022 17:55

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday said he will file a defamation case against AAP leader Arvind Kejrwal for dubbing him a dishonest man after the ED carried out some raids, including at the premises of the Congress leader's nephew.

Channi alleged that the Delhi chief minister is a "fraud" who is in the habit of levelling accusations against others to malign their image close to elections and that in the past Kejriwal had to apologise to BJP leaders Nitin Gadkari and Arun Jaitley, besides SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia.

He told reporters in his constituency in Chamkaur Sahib that Kejriwal had posted photos on social media showing him with currency notes which were not recovered from him. Channi said he never wants a person, holding a chief minister's post, to face a situation where he has to apologise, "but Kejriwal has now crossed all limits".

"I will file a defamation case against Kejriwal and I have requested my party to give me permission for it. I have been compelled to do this...he is terming me dishonest and he has posted that on his social media accounts," he said.

On another issue, Channi claimed that when he had said "outsiders" (trying to rule Punjab) were "kale angrej", Kejriwal had made personal remarks against him.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had on Wednesday said that it seized cash amounting to over Rs 10 crore, including about Rs 8 crore from a relative of Channi, during raids conducted in connection with an anti-money laundering investigation against illegal sand-mining operations in the poll-bound state.

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