Rafale Deal: Anil Ambani companies undermine legal action against Congress

New Delhi, Aug 22 Congress Spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill on Wednesday got a cut it out notice from representative Anil Ambani-drove group of companies requesting that he limit from talking on the Rafale arrangement or face legal consequences.

The notice for the Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Defence and Reliance Aerostructure, stated that the Congress should stop spreading unconfirmed, silly and defamatory statements on the deal.

"Such reedom of expression and speech should not be mistaken as a license to behave irresponsibly and make false, frivolous, misleading and distorted statements to suit your political interest. Political leaders should release statements based only on irrefutable evidence which have been gathered after due request and check from the concerned source," read the notice.

"Making such false frivolous, misleading, sensational and derogatory statements have threw slanders and have made a negative image/perception in the brains of the general population and have resulted in defamation," it added.

Taking names of different Congress leaders including Randeep Surjewala, Ashok Chavan, Sanjay Nirupam, Anugrah Narayan Singh, Oommen Chandy, Shaktisinh Gohil, Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Sunil Kumar Jakhar and Priyanka Chaturvedi, the notice said that they were also indulging in making "incorrect, false, frivolous statements".

Blaming the Congress for running a "vilification campaign", the notice read that it was being done at the command of corporate opponents to "intentionally besmirch" the name and notoriety of the company for "petty personal and political gains".

The notice further said that it reserved the right to take legal recourse for the assurance of their name, brand, reputation and goodwill if there should arise an occurrence of any "vulgar proclamations" being made against them.

Reacting to the notice, Jaiveer Shergill took to his official Twitter handle and said that such notices don't panic him. "Received "Cease and Desist" Notice from Sh Anil Ambani threatening me with legal results on the off chance that I talk on #RafaleDeal; My answer I'm a Congress Soldier, a Proud Punjabi who doesn't get terrified with such notification Tax Payer of this nation should know why they paid additional 42000 Cr," he tweeted.

The notice comes a day after Ambani wrote a letter to Congress President Rahul Gandhi over the Rafale bargain. Gandhi had earlier alleged that the cost of the fighter jet has escalated under the present government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.