A metropolitan magistrate’s court in Ahmedabad on Friday exempted Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav from appearance in a criminal defamation case filed against him over his alleged “only Gujaratis can be thugs” remark.
The court asked him to be present next month.
On August 28, additional metropolitan magistrate D J Parmar had issued summons to the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader, asking him to remain present on September 22 in a case filed under sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code for alleged criminal defamation.