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Assam CM appears in Guwahati court in connection with defamation case

| | Jan 18, 2016, at 08:46 pm
Guwahati, Jan 18 (IBNS): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday appeared in the Civil Judge No 1 Court in Guwahati in connection with a Rs 100-crore defamation case filed against him by BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sharma.
Prior to joining BJP, Sharma was a former minister in the Gogoi cabinet.
 
CM Gogoi was accompanied by his cabinet colleagues and some Congress leaders while his party workers crowded the court area.
 
"I am a law abiding citizen. There is no difference between a chief minister and others. Responding to the court summon, I appeared in the court today. There is an allegation made against me. We'll fight back," he was quoted as saying to media.
 
"The court fixed the next date of hearing on February 8 next when we'll submit our objections," said Gogoi.
 
According to Sharma's lawyers, documents have been placed before the court regarding the status of Sharma as only a witness in the CBI list on the Saradha case and a document from USA's New Jersey Court that there was no mention of Himanta or any politician from Assam in the FBI complaint petition before that court in the Louis Berger case.
 
Sharma had filed the defamation case against on the grounds that Gogoi had levelled corruption charges against him on the said two cases.     
#Assam CM # Guwahati court # Tarun Gogoi

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