Arvind Kejriwal, Sanjay Singh summoned in Gujarat University defamation case over ‘Modi diploma’ row

On Saturday (April 15), a Gujarat courtroom docket issued summons to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and AAP MP Sanjay Singh in connection to a authorized defamation grievance filed over their objectionable statements regarding the tutorial qualification of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

As per evaluations, the two Aam Aadmi Party leaders have been requested to look sooner than the courtroom docket on May 23, 2023. The grievance was filed by the Registrar of the Gujarat University, Piyush Patel, in opposition to Kejriwal and Singh for intending to interrupt the reputation of the varsity by defamatory utterances.

The Court has prima facie found a sound case of defamation in opposition to the two AAP politicians after analysing digital information and recording proof furnished by 4 witnesses.

“A normal person can conclude that it is being implied that Gujarat University issues fake and bogus degrees and is associated with fraud activity… This is the prima facie reasoning that can be concluded,” it well-known.

The courtroom docket emphasised, “…Prima facie, targeting Gujarat University, sarcastically, which is an institute established under constitutional provisions… it is obvious that it will taint the university’s image in people’s mind.”

“…Political figures, instead of serving their people, harbour animosity against each other, work directly or indirectly to personally harm the opponent and break the trust of their constituents,” it extra added.

The Background of the Controversy

The AAP leaders had cast aspersions on the authenticity of the diploma accorded to PM Modi by the Gujarat University. “All the ministers and spokesperson of the BJP have scrambled to prove that the prime minister’s degree is not fake,” Sanjay Singh had claimed all through a press conference on April 2.

He extra alleged, “If a probe is conducted the prime minister’s degrees would turn out to be fake and his (Lok Sabha) membership will be cancelled.”

Amit Shah ने PM Modi की फ़र्ज़ी Degree दिखाई थी, वो कई सवाल खड़े करती है।

चुनाव आयोग कहता है
आप संपत्ति और डिग्री के बारे में ग़लत जानकारी दी तो आपकी सदस्यता जाएगी

मोदी जी की डिग्री की जांच हुई तो सदस्यता भी जाएगी और कई सालों तक चुनाव लड़ने लायक नहीं रहेंगे।

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— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) April 2, 2023

An equivalent remark was made by AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on April 1 all through a press conference. He had said, “An uneducated or less educated PM is dangerous for India.”

“It is either because of his ego he doesn’t feel the need to show it to anyone but this kind of behaviour is not valid in a democracy. The other question that arises is that the degree might be fake,” he extra claimed.

On March 31 this 12 months, the Gujarat High Court quashed the Central Information Commission (CIC) order issued in 2016 directing Gujarat University to furnish information regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Master of Arts (MA) diploma to Arvind Kejriwal. 

The Gujarat High Court on Friday dominated that Prime Minister’s Office should not be required to furnish the graduate and post-graduate ranges of PM Modi. The courtroom docket moreover imposed an incredible of Rs 25,000 on Delhi CM Kejriwal for looking for the details about PM Modi’s diploma certificates.