RSS defamation case: Rahul on his way to Bhiwandi court

November 16, 2016 08:56

Rahul Gandhi is on his way to Bhiwandi court in connection with the RSS defamation case.

The case goes back to March 2014 when Rahul, in an election speech in Maharashtras Bhiwandi, had alleged that "RSS killed Gandhiji."

"RSS people killed Gandhiji, and today their people talk of him. They are opposed to Sardar Patel and Gandhiji," he said, while addressing an election rally.

RSS activist Rajesh Kunte had later filed a defamation case against Gandhi scion.

The Bombay high court had last year declined to grant Rahul any relief in the proceedings and dismissed his plea to quash the criminal defamation case.

He then moved the Supreme Court with a special leave petition for permission to challenge the HC dismissal of his plea but later withdrew the plea.

His counsel Kapil Sibal told the Supreme Court that he never blamed the RSS for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi but had only said that a "few individuals in the organisation" were responsible for it.

In a U-turn the very next week, Rahul told the apex court that he stood by his remarks and was ready to face trial for it.

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