Atishi files complaint in DCW, Sisodia threatens counter-defamation notice
AAP's East Delhi candidate Atishi on Friday complained to the Delhi Commission for Women over an "obscene and derogatory" pamphlet targeting her distributed in the constituency, saying she holds the BJP and her rival from the party Gautam Gambhir directly responsible.
Gambhir had rejected the charge and sent a notice to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and Atishi for alleged defamation, demanding that they withdraw the allegation and tender an unconditional apology over the matter
Sisodia on Friday threatened to file a counter-suit in the matter and said he would be sending a notice for defamation to him.
"We are the ones being defamed, we will file a defamation case against him," he said.
Atishi on Thursday broke down while reading the pamphlet against her, that she alleged has been distributed in the constituency at the behest Gambhir, a charge denied by the cricketer-turned-politician. The BJP alleged that the AAP was staging such incidents.
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