Bhiwandi. Congress Vice president Rahul Gandhi who is accused of defaming Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for killing Mahatma Gandhi, appeared at Bhiwandi court in Maharashtra, but pleaded for adjournment of the case on technical grounds.
Immediately consenting to the request from Congress vice president, the Court has adjourned the case. Now the hearing for the recording of Rahul Gandhi’s plea in RSS defamation case has been adjourned till March 3 by the Bhiwandi court.
After a brave poser to fight the charges of defaming Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for involved in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, it seems that Rahul has lost the confidence to logically and factually face the trial and now pleading for more and more time.
This time Rahul Gandhi pleaded adjourning of the case on the reason that he has not received the newspaper cuttings and not ready for the case.
The case against the Congress Vice President was filed by a Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) functionary, Rajesh Kunte, over his speech in Bhiwandi on March 6, 2014. During his party’s rally, the Congress leader had allegedly then said: “The RSS people had killed Gandhi.”
Rahul Gandhi had a chance to get cleared of defamation charges after he backtracked and told the Supreme Court he never meant to accuse the whole of the RSS of assassinating Gandhi, in last August.
After being criticised for backtracking, he told the top court in September that he stands by his 2014 statement that the RSS killed Mahatma Gandhi and is ready to face trial for saying that. He then withdrew his petition seeking to quash the defamation case against him.
In September, Rahul withdrew a petition he filed in the Supreme Court challenging the case and said he would instead face trial. This, after the top court, refused to interfere with the criminal proceedings pending against him before the trial court.
During his last appearance in November, the Congress Vice President was granted bail within minutes, who used the time for a brave political show in Bhiwandi.
Source – News Bharati