National Herald Madhya Pradesh

The Madhya Pradesh government will launch an investigation to check whether assets in the state owned by the newspaper National Herald, linked to the Gandhis, are being used for commercial purposes or the land use was changed, a minister has said.

Madhya Pradesh BJP chief Rakesh Singh on Tuesday filed a defamation case against Zafar Agha, editor-in-chief of National Herald, alleging that the newspaper had published "fake news" against him in the run-up to the November 28 assembly polls in the state.

The Madhya Pradesh government will launch an investigation to check whether assets in the state owned by the newspaper National Herald, linked to the Gandhis, are being used for commercial purposes or the land use was changed, a minister has said.

Madhya Pradesh BJP chief Rakesh Singh on Tuesday filed a defamation case against Zafar Agha, editor-in-chief of National Herald, alleging that the newspaper had published "fake news" against him in the run-up to the November 28 assembly polls in the state.