In his plea, Solanki alleged that the existing trial judge did not take cognisance of his doubts that the witnesses in his case could have been tutored by the Special Public Prosecutor. He also raised doubts about the role of Teesta Setalvad as she was arrested by the Gujarat Police in a similar matter where she had allegedly tutored witnesses.
An edited clip, taken out of context, is made viral by the usual suspects, propagandists to claim that PM Modi insulted the outgoing President Ramnath Kovind during his farewell ceremony.
ED further noted that the aim of AIIPL was to generate public outrage using media pressure and build pressure on political parties. They used media, TV and radio along with RTI to mobilise public support for its campaigns.
Neeraj Chopra had won the maiden gold for Indian athletics in Tokyo Olympics last year. After shooter Abhivan Bindra, who had won gold in 2008 in Beijing Olympics, Neeraj was the second Indian to win an individual gold in the games.