KOLKATA: Following the expiration of the defamation notice deadline issued by Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee regarding her claims of the LoP's 'involvement' in the coal smuggling case, which concluded on Wednesday, Adhikari will now proceed with legal action.
Last week, the counsel of Adhikari sent a notice of defamation to the Chief Minister, asking the latter to provide all purported evidence in the matter within 72 hours or face defamation proceedings, both civil and criminal.
Now, with the deadline for the same having ended, the LoP on Wednesday morning announced that he would now move to the court against the Chief Minister.