BJP leader Vijay Mishra from Sultanpur had filed a defamation case on August 4, 2018 against Gandhi for making alleged objectionable remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah in 2018.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi
Sultanpur: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday will appear before the MP-MLA court today in connection with a defamation case for his alleged remarks against then Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah.
Gandhi is scheduled to arrive in Lucknow by flight, then proceed to Sultanpur via road. Earlier, the Raebareli MP left Delhi early morning to take a flight for Lucknow.
#WATCH | Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi reaches Indira Gandhi International Airport to leave for Sultanpur Court in a 2018 case related to alleged objectionable remarks on Union Home Minister Amit Shah. pic.twitter.com/imna4ZDAwv
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“He is coming today and will appear in court. 30-31 cases have been filed against him across the country to harass him, but the Congress party is fighting bravely,” said UP Congress chief Ajay Rai.
Congress district president Abhishek Singh Rana informed that Gandhi will land at Lucknow airport at 9am and then head towards Sultanpur.
Local BJP leader Vijay Mishra had filed a defamation case on August 4, 2018 against Gandhi for making alleged objectionable remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah in 2018.
The court has granted bail to Gandhi in this case on February 20. Rahul was summoned by Special Magistrate Shubham Verma to record his statement today.
Defamation case against Rahul Gandhi for ‘Modi surname’ remark
In another defamation case, the Supreme Court in last August had stayed Gandhi’s conviction by the lower court in the ‘Modi surname’ case. The SC said that the trial court did not give reason to justify maximum sentence of two years to Rahul which resulted in his disqualification as MP.
Former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi had filed a criminal defamation case in 2019 against Rahul Gandhi over his “How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?” remark. The remark was made during an election event at Karnataka’s Kolar in April 2019.
In its order, the Apex court had observed that while Gandhi’s words may not have been in good taste, as a person in public life, he was expected to have exercised more caution while making public speeches. Notably, the court referred to a previous case, pointing out that if the judgment in that case had been delivered before Gandhi’s speech, he would likely have been more cautious with his remarks.
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