Narendra Modi threatens legal action against Karnataka Congress leader
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday threatened to initiate legal action against a Karnataka Congress leader for serving a notice asking him to apologise and withdraw his remarks calling Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a "night watchman" of the Gandhi family.
In response to the legal notice issued last month by Congress Member K K Benson, the Gujarat CM, through his advocates K N Subba Reddy and Vivek Reddy, asked him not to initiate any "false, frivolous and adventuristic complaint against him."
Modi said: "Inspite of this advice, if you (Benson) were to institute any such false and frivolous complaint..., I will not only be constrained to defend the same, but also initiate appropriate legal proceedings against you, both civil and criminal, at your sole risk and cost."
The chief minister has termed as not true the statement that by calling the PM as "night watchman" he has insulted, degraded and defamed him in public. He further said that the demand that he apologise for it "is wholly untenable."
The Karnataka Congress leader had served a legal notice to Modi asking him to apologise and withdraw his remarks calling Prime Minister a "night watchman" of the Sonia Gandhi family.
It may be noted that Modi on March 3 had said the Congress appointed a "night watchman" to keep the seat warm for the first family of the Congress. He made this statement without mentioning the name of Manmohan Singh.
With Agency Inputs
In response to the legal notice issued last month by Congress Member K K Benson, the Gujarat CM, through his advocates K N Subba Reddy and Vivek Reddy, asked him not to initiate any "false, frivolous and adventuristic complaint against him."
Modi said: "Inspite of this advice, if you (Benson) were to institute any such false and frivolous complaint..., I will not only be constrained to defend the same, but also initiate appropriate legal proceedings against you, both civil and criminal, at your sole risk and cost."
The chief minister has termed as not true the statement that by calling the PM as "night watchman" he has insulted, degraded and defamed him in public. He further said that the demand that he apologise for it "is wholly untenable."
The Karnataka Congress leader had served a legal notice to Modi asking him to apologise and withdraw his remarks calling Prime Minister a "night watchman" of the Sonia Gandhi family.
It may be noted that Modi on March 3 had said the Congress appointed a "night watchman" to keep the seat warm for the first family of the Congress. He made this statement without mentioning the name of Manmohan Singh.
With Agency Inputs
Courtesy: India Today
