Punjab Court Summons Mallikarjun Kharge In Defamation Case

A Punjab court on Monday summoned Congress party chief Mallikarjun Kharge in a Rs 100 cores defamation case over the party equating the banned Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) with the Bajrang Dal, the youth wing of the Sangh-affiliated Vishwa Hindu Parishad, in its Karnataka Assembly election manifesto. In this regard, a case was registered against the INC President. Hitesh Bharadwaj filed the case against Mallikarjun Kharge.