INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Shivraj Singh Chouhan's son Kartikey Chouhan filed a defamation case against Congress president Rahul Gandhi today for claiming that his
name featured in Panama Papers.Panama Papers refers to the leak of millions of files from the database of the world's fourth biggest
offshore law firm Mossak Fonseca that helped in setting up off-shore entities.Mr Gandhi later clarified that he was referring to
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh's son and not Kartikeya
But even while clarifying, the Congress president didn't spare the opportunity of taking another dig, saying that he got "confused" due to
the "high number of scams" under BJP governments."So many scams have taken place in BJP state governments that I got confused
The name of the son of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister is not there in Panama papers
But Vyapam and e-tendering scams have taken place in his (Mr Chouhan's) rule," Mr Gandhi alleged.The BJP, which is trying to win a fourth
term in power in Madhya Pradesh, is using Mr Gandhi's faux pas to step up its attack on the Congress
Tomorrow, I am filing a criminal defamation suit for maximum damages against you for frivolous and malafide statements
Let law take its own course now," Shivraj Chouhan tweeted on Monday.Kartikey Chouhan has filed a defamation case against Mr Gandhi at a
His lawyer Shirish Shrivastava told reporters that case has been filed because "Rahul Gandhi has attempted to defame Shivraj Singh Chouhan
and his son through his remarks at a rally in Jhabua"
He alleged that it was part of a plan and Mr Gandhi wanted to reap political benefit from his remarks.Mr Shrivastava said, "Mr Chouhan and
his son have nothing to do with the Panama papers"
He said that media clippings and a video of Mr Gandhi's remarks have been submitted with the complaint.The Congress president had said that
a Prime Minister of Pakistan (Nawaz Sharif) lost his post on this issue "but nothing happened here despite the name of the Madhya Pradesh
chief minister's son being there".The Madhya Pradesh chief minister told reporters on Tuesday that Mr Gandhi would not have made the
comments without giving it a thought."Rahul Gandhi is not a small or a street-level leader
Hence the remarks would not have been made without thought," he said.
