Finance Minister Jayant Maliya filed a defamation suit against chief spokesperson of Madhya Pradesh Congress KK Mishra in a district court on Tuesday.
Mishra had accused Malaiya for helping Devi Shakuntala Thakral Chairtable Foundation Trust in grabbing 110 acre government land.
Recently, in a press conference, Mishra had alleged that the Income tax officials had raided the Trust in 2007-08. He had also statedt hat Congress is in possession of evidences that Malaiya had helped the trust in allotment of land.