Referring to the decision by the Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anwar Manippadi to file a defamation suit against her, Minister of State for Women and Child Development Umashree clarified that she had not said that he was involved in the case or not. “But I am not responsible if media reports have taken his name,” she said.
“As a CID inquiry has been ordered into the episode, we have to wait for the probe report,” she said, and adding: “I am not trying to use this episode for political mileage,” she said.
This is a Premium article available exclusively to our subscribers. To read 250+ such premium articles every
month
You have exhausted your free article limit.
Please support quality journalism.
You have exhausted your free article limit.
Please support quality journalism.
The Hindu operates by its editorial values to provide you quality journalism.
You have read {{data.cm.views}} out of {{data.cm.maxViews}} free articles.
This is your last free article.