New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) candidate from East Delhi Lok Sabha seat,  Gautam Gambhir has sent a defamation notice to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and party leader Atishi.

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The defamation notice has been sent to the three AAP leaders after they accused Cricketer-turned politician of distributing "derogatory" and "casteist pamphlets" against Atishi. Atishi is the AAP candidate from East Delhi.  In the notice, Gambhir has demanded an unconditional apology from the AAP leaders and asked them to also withdraw their allegations against him.

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The row began earlier on  Thursday after Atishi broke down while reading a pamphlet containing "obscene and derogatory" remarks against her, which she alleged was distributed in the constituency by the Gambhir.

Later, Gambhir took to tweeter and  slammed Kejriwal and accused him of outraging a woman’s modesty. He further challenged Kejriwal and Atishi by saying he would withdraw from the Lok Sabha contest if the charge was proved against him.

Gambhir wrote, "I abhor your act of outraging a woman's modesty, Arvind Kejriwal and that too your own colleague. And all this for winning elections? U r filth Mr CM and someone needs ur very own Jhadu (broom) to clean ur dirty mind.”