Ram Madhav on April 13 sent a legal notice to former Jammu & Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik. The former Governor alleged that Ram Madhav was involved in corruption.
Madhav through legal notice stated, “Malik made untrue and defamatory statements to stay relevant in a political circle”
Ram Madhav, Rashtriya Karyakarini Sadasya of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in legal notice stated, “You the addressee are well known in the political circles, however, lately owing your fading popularity and relevance, and to stay relevant in the social life of this country, for the sake of gathering public attention through sensationalism you have made certain untrue, defamatory, and incriminating statements on the said YouTube channel in an interview on 08.04.2023 in conspiracy with the interviewer of a Youtube channel.”
Madhav seeks immediate issuance of an open and public apology from Malik within 48 hours of receipt of this Notice, for the mental agony and harassment faced by him.
A legal notice sent through Advocate Ayush Anand stated, “Malik deliberately and Maliciously conspired to defame my client Ram Madhav.”
It stated, “In a conspiracy to defame my client the editors and interviewer have deliberately and maliciously defamed my client by imputing his involvement in some health insurance scheme.”
Madhav stated that the claim made by Malik are baseless, disgraceful, and utter falsehood. This is nothing but an attempt to influence, albeit maliciously, an ongoing investigation into the matter related to Hydel Power Project that the CBI is conducting.
Ever since your interview was broadcasted, my client has been receiving phone calls and Twitter messages regarding the same. It is deeply disturbing for his regular work of nation-building of great importance. He is also receiving calls from many media groups and other organisations because of your act of gross misrepresentation of the facts and speaking untrue conjectures, stated the legal notice.
“Because of the baseless and unacceptable allegations made in the video interview his political image and credential among the masses are severely tainted, which may hurt him in future by creating negative prejudice,” stated the lawyer through legal notice.
Notably, the accusation of alleged Corruption by a section of people through an interview, which Congress and its leader Pawan Khera, are raising, has emerged in the background of BJP launching Corruption files of Congress earlier this month.
On April 2, BJP released the first episode of a video series titled “Congress Files” in which it alleged that corruptions and scams were rampant during the rule of the grand old party.
In the 184-second-long episode, titled “Congress means corruption”, the ruling party alleged, “Congress has looted Rs 48,20,69,00,00,000 from the public in 70 years of its rule. That money could have been utilised for so many useful areas of security and development, “ reported the Indian Express.
“24 INS Vikrants, 300 Rafale jets, and 1,000 Mangal Missions could have been purchased or funded with that amount and alleged that due to Congress’s “corruption,” the country lags in the race to progress,” said BJP.
“In those days, papers were filled with the news of corruption, looking at which the heads of every Indian hung in shame. These included the coal scam of Rs 1.86 lakh crore, the 2G spectrum scam of Rs 1.76 lakh crore, the MNREGA scam of Rs 10 lakh crore, the Commonwealth scam of Rs 70,000 crore, a bribe of Rs 362 crore in the helicopter deal with Italy, and 12-crore bribe for the Chairman of Railway Board,” added BJP.
