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Suvendu Adhikari Announces Legal And Defamation Action Against Mahua Moitra
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News18•06-10-2026, 22:49
Suvendu Adhikari Announces Legal And Defamation Action Against Mahua Moitra
- •Suvendu Adhikari has announced that both legal and defamation cases are being filed against Mahua Moitra over her recent social media posts.
- •Moitra had posted photos of Subrata Gupta and Manoj Agarwal on X, accusing them of being architects of electoral irregularities.
- •Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Agarwal strongly refuted the allegations, stating he performed his duties with complete transparency.
- •Agarwal has forwarded the matter for legal opinion and is preparing to file a defamation suit against the baseless claims.
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Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Agarwal and opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari announced that both legal and defamation cases are being filed against Mahua Moitra for her social media posts regarding the state's SIR process.
Mahua Moitra posted photos of Subrata Gupta and Manoj Agarwal on X, alleging they were the biggest architects of Bengal's SIR and had engaged in illegal work that would not be spared.
Manoj Kumar Agarwal stated he performed his duties transparently without illegally removing anyone, and clarified that the CEO lacks independent power to add or delete voters since that power belongs to the Electoral Registration Officer.
