Sankey flyover: Ashwath Narayan files defamation case

A special court for cases involving MPs/MLAS has taken cognizance against former minister Priyank Kharge, Congress candidate in Malleswaram assembly constituency Anoop Iyengar, and former Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Gowda in a defamation case filed by Minister for Higher Education Dr C N Ashwath Narayan.

The BJP leader has accused Kharge and two others of defaming him over the Sankey flyover project.

Special court judge J Preeth has taken cognizance and posted the matter to May 4, 2023 for recording the statement of the complainant and his witness, if any. Narayan had filed a private complaint stating that the accused persons had defamed him with their press statements issued and also through social media posts in April 2023.