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Shiv Sena legislator Pratap Sarnaik submitted a letter on Monday to the state legislature secretariat in search of admission of his breach of privilege notice towards print and digital media shops for defaming him by publishing tales based mostly on a tweet of actor Kangana Ranaut.
Sarnaik, in his letter, has requested the Principal Secretary of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly to ahead the notice to the Privilege Committee of the Assembly to provoke an inquiry on it.
“Some print and electronic media outlets and some people, motivated by political hatred, on social media ran news about recovering a Pakistani credit card from my residence during the searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) that led to the defamation of his family,” acknowledged the Sena legislator.
In the final week of November, ED carried out the searches at Sarnaik’s residence and places of work in reference to a cash laundering case.
“ED has conducted two raids at my residence and office and has seized many documents but it has not found anything suspicious. ED also has not said anything officially about it. So, I am being defamed by publishing the false and baseless news of recovering a Pakistan credit card from my house. ED inquiry will continue for some days in future. So, I am submitting the breach of privilege notice against some media outlets for defaming me based on the actor’s tweet and request to forward it to the Privilege Committee for further action,” mentioned Sarnaik.
In September, Sarnaik moved a breach of privilege movement towards Republic TV’s Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami accusing him of utilizing “derogatory language” and making baseless remarks towards Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and NCP president Sharad Pawar.
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