Nitin Gadkari makes court visit in suit against Kejriwal

‘It is incorrect to suggest that I am a businessman.’

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday was cross-examined in a Delhi court in connection with a criminal defamation complaint filed by him against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, was cross-examined for over two-and-a half hours by the counsel for Kejriwal. The cross-examination saw heated exchange of words between the advocates appearing for Gadkari and Kejriwal. Kejriwal has been exempted from personal appearance before the court in the case.

Kejriwal’s counsel questioned Gadkari about his alleged association with Nagpur-based Purti Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. He told the court that he was not a businessman and has been associated with co-operative initiatives and charitable trusts.

“It is incorrect to suggest that I am a businessman. In Maharashtra, lots of co-operative initiatives are there and I have been associated with co-operative institutions, charitable trusts and some of the public limited companies of the farmers,” Gadkari told Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati Manocha.

The cross-examination will resume on May 16.

Source:: Indian Express