New Delhi: The AAP yesterday apologised to Transparency International for citing a report by the organisation that said corruption had come down in Delhi after the party came to power. The corruption watchdog denied issuing any such report.
A statement issued by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said one of its leaders, Shazia Ilmi, got the report from “someone who was an employee of Transparency International” and assumed it to be a survey by the organisation.
“Since then, we have come to know that the said survey had no connection with Transparency International and the source of Shazia Ilmi’s information had quit by then,” the statement said.
“We regret this error. We hold Transparency International in highest esteem and offer apologies for any embarrassment that this controversy may have caused to the organisation,” it said.
GADKARI FILES SUIT
BJP leader Nitin Gadkari filed a defamation case against Arvind Kejriwal, who has resigned as Delhi chief minister, in a court here yesterday, contending that Kejriwal had tarnished his image by calling him corrupt.
The court recorded the statement of Gadkari and two other witnesses and posted the matter for February 22 for further hearing.
The complaint said that on January 31, “Kejriwal has deliberately released the list of India’s most corrupt people mentioning his (Gadkari’s) name in a grossly irresponsible manner”.
Kejriwal “deliberately tried to malign (Gadkari’s) image though he is not involved in any wrongful or corrupt act,” the complaint stated, requesting the court to prosecute the AAP chief for defaming the former Bharatiya Janata Party president.
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