AAP sues portal, channel for sting

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party on Monday filed a defamation case against web portal mediasarkar.com and a private television channel owned by a Congress MLA for a sting operation against some of its members. The party also claimed that it would be sending notices to some other media houses shortly, seeking an apology for running the "highly doctored" sting tape.

The complaint, which is likely to be heard by a Delhi court on November 27, alleged that the intention of the accused was "mala fide and calculated to defame the complainant (AAP) in the eyes of voters of Delhi".

The tape allegedly showed AAP "as corrupt political party whose candidates are ready to accept donation in cash without giving receipt, accept black money for campaigning, get all sorts of work like sitting on dharna for doing fake protest in lieu of money, recover property and cash stuck in dispute without going through the proper legal recourse".

Party officials will also be meeting Delhi's chief electoral officer on Tuesday to discuss the matter. The sting tape had been submitted to the Election Commission by mediasarkar.com's CEO Anuranjan Jha who claimed that the poll panel needed to determine whether action was needed against AAP for violating the model code of conduct.

EC officials said that a letter had been sent to AAP and one would be sent to Jha, saying that it was not within their purview to determine whether the footage was fake or real. "If we are to take action, the concerned parties should first approach police or the judiciary to determine the tape's authenticity," said sources.

AAP spokesperson Yogendra Yadav said that in the past few days, several incidents of people posing as AAP volunteers and threatening people and carrying out illegal activity had been reported.

"Some people donning AAP caps were caught distributing Rs 1,000 notes in Patparganj, some others were reportedly threatening people and one car with an AAP sticker was found to be carrying cash. We have nothing to do with such incidents," he said.

The party reported that eight AAP volunteers had been detained at Pragati Maidan when they tried to enter the trade fair wearing AAP caps. Police sources denied the charges, saying that the volunteers were only stopped from entering the venue since wearing caps was not permitted inside Pragati Maidan.

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