A local court in Ahmedabad on Monday summoned Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in connection with a defamation case filed over his alleged remark that “only Gujaratis can be thugs.”
Haresh Mehta, businessman and social worker, in his complaint submitted that the remark made by Mr. Yadav had defamed the Gujarat community.
The Ahmedabad court of Additional Metropolitan Magistrate D.J. Parmar ordered Mr. Yadav to appear before it on September 22.