India, March 7 -- Rural development minister Jaykumar Gore on Thursday moved a breach of privilege motion against Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar and the editor of a Marathi YouTube channel, accusing them of defaming him by raking up an old sexual harassment and molestation case.

The motion moved by the BJP minister was admitted by speaker Rahul Narwekar, who sent it to the breach of privilege committee of the state legislature.

Gore landed in the eye of storm on Wednesday after the opposition brought up a 2017 case of alleged torture and molestation from his constituency. Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar brought up the case without naming Gore, while Raut accused Gore of torturing and harassing the woman and sa...