Dr. Rajan Mahtani’s name was recently a topic of negative reputation campaign. While such negative reputation campaigns or defamatory posts are common for Dr. Rajan Mahtani, this one was different. Normally, Dr. Rajan Mahtani receives such defamatory posts from jealous or vengeful entities as well as those who have not been able to persuade Dr. Rajan Mahtani to engage with unethical and illegal business practices. However, this case was different as the allegation came from Miriam Mwanawasa, daughter of late ex-President of Zambia Levy Mwanawasa. It should be noted here that Levy Mwanawasa and Dr. Rajan Mahtani have maintained a long-standing, transparent professional as well as personal relationship with each other. This relationship was smooth even after the sad demise of the late ex-Zambian president.
As a result, it was an extremely shocking news when it was found that Miriam Mwanawasa shared a Facebook post claiming that Dr. Rajan Mahtani had intentions of taking control of the farmland at Masaiti. This farmland is owned by the Mwanawasa family. This Facebook post, due to its nature and the person sharing it, started making round across the web. As a result, it came under the scanner of Dr. Rajan Mahtani and his legal team decided to take appropriate actions against this act.
Dr. Rajan Mahtani released a press statement shortly after. In this press statement, Dr. Rajan Mahtani clarified that he never made any claims of taking control of the farmland. Neither he made any statement with the Mwanawasa family not he had any intentions. Dr. Rajan Mahtani himself iterated that he had a great personal and professional relationship with the late ex-President of Zambia. As a result, it was extremely defamatory, malicious and scandalous for daughter Miriam Mwanawasa to share such content across online media platform. Furthermore, the press statement also clarified that the Facebook post was shared without giving any other form of evidence. As such, the authenticity of the post was questionable from the start.
Furthermore, Dr. Rajan Mahtani also said that he will be taking strict actions against this act as it resulted in significant loss of reputation for Dr. Rajan Mahtani.