Rahul Gandhi won't apologise for RSS remarks: Congress

July 19, 2016 19:24

The Congress on Tuesday said that Rahul Gandhi will not tender an apology over his remarks against the RSS and will instead substantiate them with historical facts and evidence before the court to support his claim.

"On a suggestion of Shri Rahul Gandhi expressing regret or apology, the question does not arise. Such a suggestion has been made in the past and not accepted by Rahul Gandhi.

"Gandhi is a mature politician with intimate knowledge of historical facts. The Congress party and Gandhi will defend these remarks at appropriate forum," Congress' chief spokesman Randeep Surjewala said.

He said since the matter is pending adjudication, "we will not like to comment further on the issue".

The Congress leader said that Rahul Gandhi had challenged constitutionality of defamation proceeding besides the order of Maharashtra High Court wherein summoning order was challenged.

He said while the bunch of petitions challenging defamation provisions have been rejected, challenge to Maharashtra high court order is pending adjudication before the Supreme Court in a Special leave petition.

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