“Will take you to court for every lie you spread”: Swati Maliwal

AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal, who has accused Delhi Chief Minister’s aide Bibhav Kumar of assault, criticized Delhi ministers and AAP leaders for “spreading lies” about a “corruption FIR” against her and threatened legal action against them.

In a post on X, Maliwal claimed that her status in the party shifted from “Lady Singham” to “BJP agent” right after she filed a complaint against the now-arrested Kumar. She wrote, “According to them, I was ‘Lady Singham’ until I filed a complaint against Bibhav Kumar, and today I have become a BJP agent? I will take you to court for every lie you spread!”

Maliwal further explained, “Since yesterday, Delhi ministers are spreading lies that an FIR has been filed against me for corruption and that I did all this on the instructions of BJP. This FIR was lodged 8 years ago in 2016, after which both the CM and LG appointed me as the Chairperson of the Women’s Commission twice more. The case is completely fake on which the Hon’ble High Court has stayed for 1.5 years, having accepted that no money transaction has taken place.”

She continued, “According to them, until I filed a complaint against Bibhav Kumar, I was ‘Lady Singham’ and today I have become a BJP agent? The entire troll army was deployed against me just because I spoke the truth. Everyone in the party is being called and told to send Swati’s personal video if they have one, as it has to be leaked.”

“They’re putting my relatives’ lives in danger by tweeting their details using their car numbers. Well, lies don’t last long. But in the intoxication of power and in the passion to bring someone down, lest it happens that when the truth comes out, you are not able to look even your family in the eye. I will take you to court for every lie you spread!” she added.

The case pertains to the alleged assault incident in which Maliwal has accused Kejriwal’s former personal aide, Bibhav Kumar, of assaulting her at the Chief Minister’s residence.