New Delhi: Lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai, the former partner of Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra, has withdrawn the defamation case he had filed against her in the Delhi high court.

Earlier, Dehadrai had accused Moitra of making defamatory statements against him on social media as well as print and electronic media.

Advocate Raghav Awasthi appeared for Dehadrai and sought the court's permission to withdraw the case, Livelaw reported.

“Advocate Raghav Awasthi, counsel for the plaintiff, upon instructions from the plaintiff who is present in court in person, seeks permission to withdraw the suit. The suit is dismissed as withdrawn,” Justice Prateek Jalan said.

Last year, Dehadrai alleged that Moitra accepted bribes from businessman Darshan Hiranandani to pose questions in parliament. He took his allegations to BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and the matter caused political furore.

Moitra has denied the allegations but she was expelled from parliament after the Lok Sabha ethics committee recommended it. Opposition parties have stood by Moitra and said that she was expelled because of the uncomfortable questions she asked the BJP in parliament about the relationship between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and controversial businessman Gautam Adani.

Moitra is the TMC candidate again this year from the Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency.

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