# Mahua Moitra to delete ‘fake degree’ post against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey 2026-10-27T11:17:24+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday, 27 October told the Delhi High Court she would delete her social media post calling BJP MP Nishikant Dubey a ‘fake degree type person’. Former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg also agreed to request a podcast host to mute a portion where Dubey was called a ‘blackmailing type person’. The assurances came before Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, who was hearing the defamation suit filed by Dubey against Moitra and Garg. Justice Gedela observed that calling someone a blackmailer is ‘absolutely derogatory’ and told Garg’s lawyer: ‘You cannot use a word like this.’ Garg’s counsel said the former finance secretary would seek removal of the relevant portion. Moitra’s lawyer confirmed she would take down her tweet. The court issued summons to both defendants and asked them to file replies. Dubey had sent a legal notice to Garg on 21 September over the remarks, which he claimed were false and malicious. ## Indian Opinion Analysis All three sources report the same court development with virtually identical facts: Moitra agreed to remove her post, Garg agreed to mute the podcast remark, and Justice Gedela called the ‘blackmailing’ word derogatory. LiveLaw adds the most judicial detail, including the judge’s full oral observation. ABP Live and Deccan Chronicle are briefer but do not differ on any fact or framing. The coverage is uniform straight reporting, no outlet takes a side between the TMC MP and the BJP MP. The next step is for Moitra and Garg to file their replies to the defamation suit. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral - livelaw.in (neutral report) Straight court reporting with judge's full oral observation included - abplive.com (neutral report) Straight wire-style report with no editorial slant - deccanchronicle.com (neutral report) Brief court proceeding summary with no partisan framing This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Delhi High Court, Mahua Moitra, Nishikant Dubey, Subhash Chandra Garg, X Corp Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/mahua-moitra-to-delete-fake-degree-post-against-bjp-mp-nishikant-dubey/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/mahua-moitra-to-delete-fake-degree-post-against-bjp-mp-nishikant-dubey/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/