Court to hear plaint against CM, AAP MP on Feb 19

A Delhi court will hear a criminal complaint filed by Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit against Chief Minister Atishi and AAP MP Sanjay Singh on February 19.

The case was initially scheduled for hearing on February 6, but Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Paras Dalal deferred it after the counsel for the AAP leaders sought more time to argue on the point of cognisance.

Dikshit’s complaint stems from allegations made by Atishi and Singh during a press conference. The AAP leaders had reportedly claimed that Dikshit not only took “crores of rupees” from the BJP but also that the Congress colluded with the BJP to defeat AAP in the Delhi Assembly elections.

Earlier on January 16, the court had issued a notice to the two AAP leaders in response to Dikshit’s complaint, which accused them of “deliberately” harming his goodwill.

Dikshit, a senior Congress leader, had contested the Delhi Assembly elections from the New Delhi constituency against former Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal.