New Delhi, September 5
Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Monday sent a legal notice to AAP leaders, accusing them of levelling “false and derogatory” allegations against him, days after they claimed he was involved in a Rs 1,400-crore “scam” during his tenure as the KVIC chairman.
The notice, served to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its leaders Atishi, Durgesh Pathak, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Sanjay Singh and Jasmine Shah, among others, alleged they have unleashed a “vilification campaign” due to vendetta as Saxena’s actions have exposed the “corruption” of key AAP leaders.
It asked them to issue a press release “directing all members of the party and all persons associated with it, whether directly or indirectly, to cease and desist from spreading and circulating false, defamatory, malicious and unsubstantiated statements”.
The legal notice also asked the AAP leaders to comply with the requisitions within 48 hours of its receipt.
AAP sources hit out at the LG for sending legal notice to its leaders, saying he should stop threatening people.
“If he has done no wrong, why is he so scared of CBI raid and investigation? Why does he not offer himself for an independent enquiry? He should stop threatening people,” a source in the party said.
The LG cannot silence ”our voice against corruption”, the AAP source said.
The notice alleged that the “perversity and malice” in the…
