Patna: Bihar minister Ashok Choudhary on Tuesday slapped a legal notice on Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, asking him to tender an “unconditional apology” for defamatory remarks or face a civil suit seeking Rs 100 crore in damages.

Kishor, in a press conference here last week, accused Choudhary of being involved in an irregular land deal worth Rs 200 crore.

Choudhary holds the Rural Works portfolio and is a national general secretary of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U).

In the notice sent on behalf of the minister, his lawyer Kumar Anjaneya Shanu has asked the former poll strategist to “either provide proof to support your allegations or issue a written and oral unconditional apology, publicly in a press conference”.

Kishor has been charged with having “caused irreparable

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