Raut says will send defamation notices to Rane & Somaiya
Raut's lawyer Sarthak Shetty said that he has sent a defamation notice to Rane for making malicious and false remarks about him at the Konkan Festival on January 15.
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Narayan Rane (left); Kirit Somaiya Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Friday said he would drag BJP leaders Narayan Rane and Kirit Somaiya to court for making false allegations against him and defaming him.
Speaking to mediapersons, Raut said, “There are a couple of leaders in BJP, like Narayan Rane and Kirit Somaiya, who think they are leaders. But I call them ‘popatlal’. They do parroting for the party. They keep making frivolous and baseless allegations…”
“I will take legal action against them. I will send defamation notices to them. Enough is enough. I will fight a legal battle,” he added.
Raut’s lawyer Sarthak Shetty said he has already sent a defamation notice to Union Minister Rane for making “defamatory, malicious and false remarks” about Raut at the Konkan Festival organised in Bhandup on January 15.
During the festival, Rane had said that he made Raut a Rajya Sabha MP on the instructions of Balasaheb Thackeray and had to spent money, as Raut was not in the voter list.
“He said he made me an MP in 2004. If he made me an MP, then what was Shiv Sena pramukh Balasaheb was doing? Tomorrow he might even say that he himself had appointed Balasaheb as Shiv Sena pramukh. That’s the only thing
left now. He is saying that my name was not on the voter list. This is ridiculous. I have been voting for 25 years before becoming an MP. Am I a Bangladeshi or a Pakistani citizen? I am an Indian and a Maharashtrian. Why would I need all this?” Raut asked.
He added, “I am also filing a defamation notice against Somaiya. Not only me but many other Shiv Sainiks, against whom he made baseless allegations, will be filing cases. I want him to answer in court. He must prove the allegations he has made.”
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