Amit Shah's son to sue website for Rs 100 cr over report; Oppn wants probe

Jay Amit Shah to file criminal defamation case against website; BJP terms report malicious; Congress, Left cry foul

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (second from right) with BJP President Amit Shah (right) and his wife, Sonal (left), son Jay, and daughter-in-law Rishita in New Delhi 	PTI file
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi (second from right) with BJP President Amit Shah (right) and his wife, Sonal (left), son Jay, and daughter-in-law Rishita in New Delhi PTI file

Archis Mohan New Delhi
The Centre and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday faced a political storm after a news website reported that a company run by party chief Amit Shah’s son, Jay Amit Shah, recorded 16,000 times increase in turnover in only a year after Narendra Modi became the prime minister and the senior Shah the party president. 
 
The website, The Wire, said its findings were based on filings with the Registrar of Companies (RoC). The report, The Golden Touch of Jay Amit Shah, was published on Sunday morning. The Congress and other political parties demanded an official probe into the issue. 

In a statement that the BJP released in the evening, Jay said he would be filing civil and criminal defamation
Topics : Jay Shah

First Published: Oct 09 2017 | 08:24 AM IST

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