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Jay Amit Shah controversy: Criminal defamation case and top 10 developments

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted Prime Minister Modi over the Jay Shah controversy

Amit Shah's son, Jay Shah, Amit Shah
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Wedding reception of BJP President Amit Shah's son Jay and Rishita (File Photo)

BS Web Team | Agencies New Delhi
The political storm around a controversy involving Jay Amit Shah, son of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah, continued on Tuesday, with the Opposition Congress demanding a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the matter. The Congress also gunned for Shah senior's resignation from his party post, even as his son filed a criminal defamation case against news website The Wire in an Ahmedabad court the previous day.

The controversy, which has hit the Narendra Modi-led government and the BJP, had started after the news website reported that a company run by Jay Amit Shah recorded a 16,000-fold increase in
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