Anil Ambani to withdraw defamation suits against Cong., National Herald newspaper

TIL Desk/Business/Mumbai/ Billionaire Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group Tuesday said it has decided to withdraw the Rs 5,000 crore civil defamation suits filed against Congress leaders and National Herald newspaper, saying it believes their statements and article on the Rafale fighter jet deal were made for political purposes in the run up to the general elections.

The suits were filed in an Ahmedabad court and were being heard in the court of city civil and sessions judge P J Tamakuwala.”We believe that the defamatory statements by certain individuals and corporate bodies with regard to the offset agreement between Reliance Group and Dassault Aviation were made for political purposes in the run up to the Lok Sabha election 2019 that have concluded on Sunday, May 19, 2019.

Besides, the subject matter is pending for adjudication before the Hon’ble Supreme Court,” the group said in a statement. It therefore “has decided to withdraw the defamation suits filed by it against these individuals and corporate bodies,” the statement said without naming anybody.