New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday issued summons to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders in connection with a defamation case filed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
Jaitley had alleged that Kejriwal and other AAP leaders had made defamatory statements that he and his family members had made pecuniary gains by associating with M/s 21st Century Media Pvt Ltd, a sports management company.
The court had earlier recorded statements of Jaitley and other complainant witnesses in the matter. On January 5, Jaitley had appeared in the court and said that Kejriwal and five AAP leaders had made "false and defamatory" statements.
Jaitley had claimed that Kejriwal and AAP leaders Kumar Vishwas, Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh, Raghav Chadha and Deepak Bajpai, had given statements even after the complaint was filed against them which had damaged his reputation.
Jaitley had said Kejriwal's statement that he received money when the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium was constructed during his tenure as the DDCA Chief, was false as the Board of Directors had constituted a committee to supervise the work and he was not a member of this supervisory committee.
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