Rahul Gandhi Gets Notice From Sambhal Court Over 'Fight Against Indian State' Remark

The Sambhal District Judge Court has issued a notice to Rahul Gandhi, directing him to respond or appear on April 4 over a statement on the Indian state that he gave on January 15.

A case has been filed against Rahul Gandhi over his "fight against Indian state" remark.

Source : PTI

The District Judge Court of Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh has issued a notice to Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi over his statement that "our fight is not against BJP or RSS, but agaisnt the Indian state." 

The Congress MP has been directed to either respond or appear before the court on April 4 in connection with the complaint filed over the statement. 

The court accepted the complaint, said advocate Sachin Goyal on Thursday while speaking to ANI. The court issued the notice to Gandhi, directing him to either appear in court on April 4, or submit a response. 

The case was filed by Simran Gupta in the special MP/MLA court to register an FIR against the Congress leader but the CJM has quashed it on the grounds of jurisdiction, Goyal said.

"We filed a revision petition against that order and the District Judge Court of Sambhal issued a summon to Rahul Gandhi to appear in court on April 4," he added.

'Fighting Indian State' 

On January 15, Gandhi inaugurated the Congress party's new headquarters 'Indira Bhawan' where he hit out at the BJP alleging that the Congress and other opposition parties were not just fighting the BJP but the Indian state itself. 

"Our ideology, like the RSS ideology, is thousands of years old, and it has been fighting the RSS ideology for thousands of years. Do not think that we are fighting a fair fight," he said.  

"There is no fairness in this. If you believe that we are fighting a political organisation called the BJP or RSS, you have not understood what is going on. The BJP and the RSS have captured every single institution of our country. We are now fighting the BJP, the RSS and the Indian State itself," Gandhi remarked.

"We do not know whether our institutions are working or are non-functional. It is pretty clear what the media is up to. Even people know that media is no longer free and fair," he added.

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