Rahul Gandhi links MP CM Shivraj son to Panama Papers, takes U-turn; says, 'too many scams under BJP, got confused'

Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi once again made a blunder and this time it cost him a defamation lawsuit. Rahul Gandhi mistakenly made a controversial by linking Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's son name into the Panama Papers. Following which, Chouhan's son filed a defamation suit against him.

Rahul Gandhi at his rally in Madhya Pradesh's Jabua on 29 October, said MP CM Chouhan's son's name had surfaced in the Panama Papers case. While it was Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh's son whose name had been cropped up.

After Rahul Gandhi's goof-up, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan yesterday said he would file a criminal defamation suit against Congress president for his "frivolous and malafide" statement.

“Mr @RahulGandhi You have been making patently false allegations of Vyapam to Panama Papers against me and my family. Tomorrow, I am filing a criminal defamation suit for maximum damages against you for frivolous and malafide statements. Let the law take its own course now,” tweeted CM Chouhan.

After making big blunder the Congress chief took sharp U-turn and laid it at BJP government.

"There are so many scams in Madhya Pradesh and other BJP-ruled states that I got confused," Rahul Gandhi said today. Earlier, Rahul Gandhi also mistook Mizoram for Manipur on which BJP levelled him 'ignorant.'

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