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The Supreme Court has stayed proceedings before a trial court on a defamation complaint filed by Gujarat University against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP MP Sanjay Singh for alleged remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modis educational qualifications. The court asked the Gujarat High Court to take a decision within four weeks on a plea filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders seeking quashing of the summonses issued to them by the trial court.

The defamation complaint was moved by Gujarat University registrar Piyush Patel. According to Patel, Kejriwal made such defamatory utterances at a press conference on April 1 and Singh made such utterances at a second press conference on April 2

The Ahmedabad metropolitan court had summoned Arvind Kejriwal and Sanjay Singh on April 15 in the defamation case filed by the varsity over their

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the University, said there was suppression of facts by Kejriwal.

Arvind Kejriwal and Sanjay Singh are accused of making defamatory statements against the Gujarat University related to the row over Prime Minister Narendra Modis academic qualifications.

Sarma's statement came a day after the Congress leader took to Twitter to take a swipe at certain leaders who left the Congress in the past few years

Pawar's statement came a day after he dismissed the demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for probing the Adani row, raising speculation about rising cracks in Opposition unity