The complaint was lodged by the then BJP district vice president Vijay Mishra.
Sultanpur, UP:
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail on Tuesday in an August 2018 defamation case. The District Civil Court in Sultanpur had issued him a summons 36 hours earlier to appear in a defamation case filed by a BJP leader in August 2018. ,
“This morning Rahul Gandhi will be in the District Civil Court of Sultanpur, which had issued him summons 36 hours earlier to appear in a defamation case filed by a BJP leader in August 2018. The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will not be derailed.” Rahul Gandhi will not be silenced. The Indian National Congress will not be intimidated,” he said in a post on ‘X’.
Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra entered its 38th day on Tuesday. The yatra will start from Fursantganj in Amethi district today and move towards Rae Bareli and Lucknow.
“Today is the 38th day. We have stopped the yatra this morning. We will start again from Fursatganj at 2 pm. There will be a public rally in Rae Bareli. After that we will move towards Lucknow,” he told ANI.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been summoned by the District Civil Court in Sultanpur on February 20 in a 2018 case of him making derogatory remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a Bengaluru conference.
The complaint was lodged by the then BJP district vice president Vijay Mishra.
“I was the vice president of BJP when this incident happened. Rahul Gandhi had accused Amit Shah in Bengaluru of being a murderer. When I heard these allegations, I felt very sad because I am a 33-year-old worker of the party.” Vijay Mishra told ANI, “I filed a complaint in this regard through my lawyer and it continued for almost 5 years. Today the decision came on this.”
Advocate Santosh Kumar Pandey, appearing for Vijay Mishra, said that if enough evidence is found against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, he can be given a maximum sentence of 2 years.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi held a press conference in Bengaluru. About 5 years ago, objectionable remarks were made against Amit Shah, who is currently the Home Minister. On August 4, 2018, this case was filed in the District and Sessions Court of MP. -MLA Court Sultanpur. On which on Monday, Judge Yogesh Kumar Yadav of MP MLA Court Sultanpur has summoned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on 16 December. Santosh Kumar Pandey told ANI, “This statement of Rahul Gandhi came during the Karnataka elections in Bengaluru in 2018.” ,
After the party’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, Congress’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra’ aims to cover a distance of 6,700 km through 15 states as the Lok Sabha elections are round the corner.
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