Delhi Classroom row: Sisodia sends legal notice to BJP leaders

New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday served a legal notice for criminal defamation against BJP leaders Manoj Tiwari, Parvesh Sahib Singh and Vijender Gupta for their “false allegations” on Delhi government over the cost of classrooms construction in schools.
Sisodia accused them of defaming him through “offending publications” based on “cooked up” allegations and sought their “complete, express, unqualified and unambiguous apology”.
Sisodia, in his three-page notice, termed the “offending publications” — the statement made by the three in various media houses — as a “concerted strategy” and devised by the BJP think-tank for “narrow political gains”.
The statement, the notice reads, were “not merely defamatory and motivated, but also false, baseless, incorrect, unverified and misleading” Responding to the legal notice on Twitter, Tiwari said he refuses to “bow” to Sisodia’s “pressure tactics” and will prove their alleged corruption.
He said they will go to the Lokayukt and appeal to courts in the matter.