Subramanian Swamy to sue United Nations top official for 'defamatory lies' against him

BJP leer and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Thursday said that he will sue a senior UN official who described alleged comments attributed to him as "extremely alarming", saying diplomat's remarks are slander and a blatant lie.

Earlier this week, Under-Secretary-General ama Dieng, United Nations Special viser on Prevention of Genocide, in a note to media expressed concern over reports of "increased hate speech and discrimination" against minority communities in India since option of Citizenship Amendment Act in December 2019.

In letter, Dieng me a reference to Dr Swamy, saying statements such as those expressed by him, that all people are not equal, and that "Muslims are not in an equal category as ors are extremely alarming."

'I will take steps to sue him in court'

Swamy hit back at Dieng's assertion, in a tweet on May 19 said that UN official "slandered me in a press release in New York saying I h said in an interview to a Pakistani owned TV channel that Muslims are not equal to Hindus in Indian Constitution. This is a blatant lie so I will take steps to sue him in court."

Responding to a tweet, Swamy wrote, "I need practice so I will enjoy suing in court a United Nation official for defamatory lies."

Swamy in a tweet on Thursday said that in a letter to Foreign Secretary (Harsh Vardhan Shringla), he has expressed his intention to prosecute for defamation Dieng for relying on a Pakistani owned TV's cut and paste interview, to allege that "I said Muslims don't have equal rights with Hindus in India."

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He said a legal notice will very soon be served on Dien. Dien, a Senegalese international lawyer, is a former registrar of International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

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(With PTI inputs)