A Delhi court has dismissed a criminal complaint filed by BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar against Senior Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor.
Additional chief judicial magistrate Paras Dalal refused to summon Tharoor saying prima facie “no ingredients of defamation” was made in the complaint.
Chandrasekhar alleged Tharoor defamed him by making false and derogatory statements on national television as he claimed the BJP leader bribed voters in the Thiruvananthapuram constituency during 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Tharoor, said Chandrasekhar, made the allegations with the intent to lower his reputation and to impact the result of the last general elections while knowing fully well that the statements were false”.
The interview(s) was/were published by various news channels as well as on social media platforms at the behest of the proposed accused and resulted in loss of reputation of the complainant in the society, which ultimately resulted in the complainant losing the Lok Sabha Elections, 2024, his complaint said.
