Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant’s wife Sulakshana Sawant has filed a defamation suit of Rs 100 crore against Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh. In this case, the court has issued a notice to Sanjay Singh. Sanjay Singh has to respond to this court notice by January 10, 2025. In fact, during a press conference held in Delhi on December 4, Sanjay Singh had made serious allegations against Goa CM Pramod Sawant in the cash for job scam. During this, he also named Goa CM’s wife Sulakshana Sawant.
He had said that he is also involved in this scam. After this, Sulakshana Sawant filed a defamation suit of Rs 100 crore against Sanjay Singh in the civil court of Bicholim in North Goa.
Sanjay Singh should apologize unconditionally – Sulakshana
Sulakshana Sawant has said in her complaint filed in the court that Sanjay Singh’s statement has run on many social media platforms including national and regional channels. This has hurt my image. He has made baseless allegations against me. Sulakshana has appealed to the court that Sanjay Singh should apologize publicly unconditionally and his statement should be removed from wherever it has been published.
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had rejected Sanjay Singh’s allegations and said that his family has nothing to do with the cash for job case. He also warned of filing a defamation case against those making false allegations. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had said that the state police is conducting a transparent investigation into the alleged cash-for-job scam.
In fact, many candidates had lodged an FIR in Goa that they were forced to pay lakhs of rupees to many people who had promised them jobs in the Goa government.