A Mumbai Court on Thursday summoned Congress MP from Wayanad Rahul Gandhi to appear before it in a defamation case filed by a BJP leader for his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Mazagaon 25th Magistrate Court has directed Gandhi to appear before it on Feb. 15 either in person or through a pleader to reply to charges under Indian Penal Code Sec. 499, 500.
The defamation case was filed in Sep. 2018 against Gandhi by a Mumbai BJP activist Mahesh H. Shrishrimal of Girgaum and earlier, the Congress leader was summoned in Aug. 2019.
Among other things, the complainant has contended that Gandhi’s utterances made on Sep. 20, 2018 not only sought to defame Modi but also hurt the sentiments of his supporters.
Shrishrimal also submitted tapes of Gandhi’s speeches and news media articles of that time to the court with the comments, “Commander in Thief”, referring to Modi, and said this had defamed the PM and the BJP.
In a Sep. 24, 2018 tweet pertaining to a defence related matter, Gandhi had posted a video with a caption: “The sad truth about India’s Commander in Thief”.-IANS News
