Trinamool's Mahua Moitra Drops Media Houses As Parties In Defamation Case
Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday sought to delete as parties several media houses from her petition before the Delhi High Court against circulation of alleged fake and defamatory content against her. Counsel for Ms Moitra, while stating that he was not pressing any interim relief in the matter at this stage, told Justice Sachin Datta that the lawsuit would only continue against two defendants -- BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai. Mr Dubey has accused Ms Moitra of taking bribe from a businessman to ask questions in Parliament and urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to constitute an inquiry committee to look into the charges against her. Citing a letter he received from advocate Mr Dehadrai, Mr Dubey has said the lawyer shared "irrefutable" evidence of bribes allegedly being given to the Trinamool leader by a businessman. In his letter to the Lok Sabha speaker, Mr Dubey claimed that 50 of the 61 questions she asked in the Lok Sabha till recently were f...