Rahul Gandhi may appear before Gujarat court in defamation case on June 24
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Purnesh Modi had filed a grievance in opposition to Rahul Gandhi in April 2019 below IPC sections 499 and 500 that cope with defamation.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is predicted to appear before a Justice of the Peace’s court in Surat in Gujarat on Thursday to document his closing assertion in a felony defamation go well with filed by a Gujarat MLA over the previous’s comment on the “Modi surname”.
Per week again, Chief Judicial Magistrate of Surat A. N. Dave had directed Rahul Gandhi to stay current on June 24 to document his closing assertion in a defamation case filed by BJP MLA from Surat, Purnesh Modi, advocate Feroz Khan Pathan, a authorized cell member of the Surat Congress, mentioned on Wednesday.
Purnesh Modi had filed a grievance in opposition to Rahul Gandhi in April 2019 below IPC sections 499 and 500 that cope with defamation.
In his grievance, the MLA from Surat-West seat had alleged that Rahul Gandhi had defamed all the Modi group by saying “How come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?” whereas addressing a ballot rally in 2019.
In an election rally held at Kolar in Karnataka on April 13, 2019, Rahul Gandhi had reportedly requested, “Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi, Narendra Modi…how come they all have Modi as the common surname. How come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?” He was the Congress president when he had made this comment.
Earlier, Rahul Gandhi had appeared before the court in October 2019 and had pleaded not responsible for his remark.
“Rahulji is expected to attend the court proceedings on Thursday in a false defamation suit filed against him. He will arrive at 10 a.m. and leave at 12.30 p.m. He is coming only to attend the court proceedings,” Gujarat Congress president Amit (*24*) instructed reporters.
Mr. (*24*) mentioned Mr. Gandhi will solely be attending the court proceedings and no different engagements or political conferences have been deliberate.
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