A local court on Friday granted bail to AAP leader Aatishi and others in a defamation case, seeking proceeding against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others, for ‘harming the reputation of BJP by blaming the party for the deletion of names of “voters” from the electoral rolls in Delhi.
On behalf of BJP Delhi unit, party leader Rajiv Babbar had moved the court, saying “The reputation of the complainant has been damaged beyond repair.
‘All the accused had made accusations against BJP in a calculated manner, with the sole intention to portray a negative image of BJP in relation to the voters belonging to certain sections of society, namely, Bania, Poorvanchalis and Muslims, among others.
“Kejriwal has not only defamed the BJP, but also all the people, who are associated with the party as the statement of the accused (Kejriwal) was made with ulterior motives to degrade the reputation of BJP, to gain cheap political mileage in the coming elections,” Counsel for Mr Babbar submitted.
The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM), after hearing the complaint, passed a summoning order against the accused, to appear before the court.
Mr Kejriwal failed to appear before the court on Friday and his counsel moved an exemption application before the court.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal, after hearing the submission, allowed the exemption application on behalf of Mr Kejriwal and granted bail to Rajya Sabha Member Sushil Kumar Gupta, MLA Manoj Kumar and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Spokesperson Atishi, with the condition that they would furnish a personal bond of Rs 10,000 each. It adjourned the matter for further hearing on July 16. (UNI)
