New Delhi: Jay Shah, son of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah, has decided to file a defamation and criminal suit of Rs 100 crore against news website ‘The Wire’.
ailways Minister Piyush Goyal informed about the development to media persons on Sunday. The Wire published an investigative piece on the increase in the profits of a firm owned by Jay.
According to the report, filings with Registrar of Companies (ROC) revealed that turnover of Jay’s company Temple Enterprises rose 16,000 times after the election of Narendra Modi as prime minister. However, Goyal on Sunday defended Jay by terming the report baseless.
Goyal, while talking to media persons rubbished the allegations and said that all the transactions were made through banking channels adding that Jay’s business was legitimate. Goyal pointed out that the article was a means to malign the reputation of Amit Shah.
Earlier on SUnday, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal, while talking to the media persons took a jibe at the BJP government. He said that the change of power had also affected change in the fortunes of some people.
Sibal alleged that the filings with ROC have revealed that the company owned by Amit Shah’s son started making profits after Modi came to power in 2014.
