New Delhi, December 16: Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has been issued a Rs 1,000 crore defamation notice by Zee News "for his defamatory and false allegations against Zee Media" said the media company in its statement on Saturday. Sidhu has been asked to apologise within 24 hours of receiving the legal notice, said reports. Navjot Singh Sidhu Advised 5-Day Rest After Exhaustive Poll Campaign; ‘Vocal Chords Injured, Was On Verge of Losing Voice’.
Zee News editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary took to Twitter and shared the news of the defamation notice against Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu. Rahul Gandhi is 'Man of the Series', Foundation Laid for 2019 Lok Sabha Elections: Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Check the Tweet Below:
.@ZeeNews issues ₹1000 crore defamation notice to Navjot Sidhu for his defamatory and false allegations against Zee Media. If he doesn’t apologise we shall use all legal recourses to take this case to its logical conclusion. pic.twitter.com/MUSqjNJuYJ
— Sudhir Chaudhary (@sudhirchaudhary) December 15, 2018
Zee News claims that a video was released last week by the channel which showed pro Pakistan slogans like "Pakistan Zindabad" raised at Sidhu's election rally in Rajasthan. However, after the video was shared by Zee News, Congress leaders called the video as 'fake'. Navjot Singh Sidhu had even warned the channel that he would file a defamation suit against those running fabricated videos of him during the Rajasthan rally. But as of December 15, the channel filed a defamation case against Sidhu. Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu is yet to react on the defamation case filed against him by Zee news.
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