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The troubles of Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi are going to increase. The Congress leader has been summoned by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Lucknow. The court has ordered him to appear in the court on January 10, 2025. Learn about the case in detail.
A Lucknow court on Friday issued summons to Congress MP from Rae Bareli and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi. For this, the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Lucknow has ordered the Congress leader to appear in the court on January 10, 2025. Rahul Gandhi is accused of making controversial statements against Veer Savarkar.
The Magistrate Court gave this order during the hearing of the complaint filed regarding Rahul Gandhi’s inflammatory statement and controversial statement on Veer Savarkar. The court issued prima facie summons to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for offenses under sections 153 (A) and 505 of the Indian Penal Code. Complainant and lawyer Nripendra Pandey filed a complaint against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
Statement given with the intention of inciting hatred – Complainant
The petition, filed by prosecutor and lawyer Nripendra Pandey, has alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had made controversial remarks on Veer Savarkar during a press conference in Akola, Maharashtra on December 17, 2022. It is alleged that the Congress leader had called Savarkar a ‘servant of the British’ and a ‘pensioner’.
Nripendra Pandey said that Rahul Gandhi’s statement was given with the intention of spreading discord and hatred in the society. He also distributed pre-prepared pamphlets among the journalists in the press conference. This shows that this act was planned and premeditated by him.
Rahul Gandhi’s statement on Savarkar?
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had given this statement on 17 December 2022 during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Maharashtra. He claimed in a press conference that Veer Savarkar had helped the British and called him a pensioner. The Congress leader said that Savarkar had written a letter to the British saying that he wanted to become their slave. Out of fear, Savarkar signed the apology letter.