Delhi HC summons Uddhav Thackeray, Sanjay Raut over Defamation Case
Delhi HC summons Uddhav Thackeray, Sanjay Raut over Defamation Case
Bombay High Court summoned both Uddhav Thackeray and Sanjay Raut over a defamation case filed by Rahul Ramesh Shewale, an MP from the rival Eknath Shinde camp of the Shiv Sena.
Whereas Sanjay Raut and other leaders from the Thackeray camp had claimed that Maharashtra Chief Minister Mr Shinde and his fellow leaders “bought” the ‘bow and arrow’ symbol of the Shiv Sena for
Rs 2,000 crore.
Reportedly, Shewale in his petition to the court demanded that it restrained the Thackeray camp leaders from making derogatory remarks in the future. Since it being a political issue, he attributed that it wouldn’t pass an order without hearing the other party.
However, Rahul Ramesh Shewale’s lawyer amid the hearing claimed that Sanjay Raut and others had made the allegation against an institution of the like of Election Commission of India whereas the Delhi High Court affirmed that the ECI is capable of responding to such claims.
The Election Commission recently recognised the faction led by Shinde as the Shiv Sena and allotted it the “bow and arrow” poll symbol.
Eknath Shinde, who credits himself the true inheritor of the legacy of Shiv Sena founder and Uddhav Thackeray’s father Bal Thackeray, accused the Shiv Sena (UBT) chief of attempting to destroy the careers of leaders of his own party.
Dragging Raj Thackeray, Uddhav Thackeray’s estranged cousin, and Narayan Rane, among others who left his side, as per Shinde he had never seen a leader who conspires with other political parties to destroy the political careers of his own people.
He added how will the party grow in such a situation? Adding he is not a traitor am not but a self-respecting person
Uddhav Thackeray doesn’t have the right to call us traitors.
Perturbed at Thackeray fori compromising with Shiv Sena’s core ideals and ditching the BJP to form an alliance government with direct rivals Congress and Sharad Pawar-led NCP, Shinde launched a coup that brought down the Maha Vikas Agadi government.
Eknath Shinde, along with 39 Shiv Sena MLAs, joined forces with the BJP, which he claimed was his party’s natural ally, and formed a new government with BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis as his deputy.
Shiv Sena had sacked Sanjay Raut as the leader of its parliamentary party and appointed Lok Sabha MP Gajanan Kirtikar as his successor.
News input K.V.Raman
