Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Governor N D Tiwari’s office on Friday denied a Telugu TV channel’s allegation that he was involved in a sex scandal and rejected footage of him in bed with three women as a “tissue of lies”.
The Raj Bhavan approached the Andhra Pradesh High Court with a petition and got an order restraining the ABN Andhra Jyothi channel from further airing the footage, which was allegedly taken inside Raj Bhavan (Governor House).
The channel stopped telecasting the footage after airing it for an hour from 10 am on Friday.
"The Governor is 86 years old and in the evening of his life. It is sad and unfortunate that constitutional functionaries are dragged into needless controversies," said a statement issued by the Raj Bhavan.
"There is absolutely no truth in the alleged news story, which is nothing but sensation mongering," said Ravishanker Jandhyala, a lawyer for the Raj Bhavan.
"The alleged news story is nothing but a tissue of lies and is denied," said Jandhyala. "We will definitely file a defamation case. Already I have issued a notice in the afternoon (to the channel)."
State Leader of Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu, president of the Telugu Desam Party, demanded that Tiwari, a veteran Congress leader, be sacked. "The only way for him is to resign or the Centre should sack him," Naidu said.
Andhra Jyothi, the newspaper which owns the ABN Andhra Jyothi, carried an advertisement in is Friday edition urging people to watch the channel for exclusive visuals allegedly Tiwari in a compromising position.
Tiwari, a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, recently got relief from the Delhi High Court in a paternity case filed by man who claimed to be his son. The court dismissed the petition on the grounds of time limitation.
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