File photo of Sambit Patra. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Mohammed Moquim says the statement of BJP spokesperson was absolutely false and not based on facts A Congress MLA has filed a defamation suit against BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra seeking criminal prosecution. “In November 2020, Mr. Patra had given a statement in New Delhi that nine MLAs of the Congress had taken money from the Biju Janata Dal to maintain silence on the murder of a girl child in Nayagarh, which was an utter lie,” said Mohammed Moquim. Mr. Moquim, Congress MLA from Barabati-Cuttack, moved the court of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Cuttack, after his legal notice seeking unconditional apology from the BJP spokesperson went unanswered.