Senior SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia today recorded his statement in a criminal defamation case filed by him against AAP leader Sanjay Singh.

Majithia had filed the case in January 2016, accusing Sanjay Singh of defaming him by dragging his name in the drug racket.

The former Punjab revenue minister appeared in the court of Judicial Magistrate Jagjit Singh here and recorded his statement, alleging that it was a "well planned conspiracy of the AAP" to "defame him".

"We have submitted in the court that it was an entire conspiracy by the AAP in the view of Punjab elections and they widely defamed Majithia for cheap political gains," his counsel Damanbir Singh Sobti alleged.

Sanjay Singh was not present during hearing and his counsel Himmat Singh Shergill sought exemption on his behalf.