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Rahul retracts his statement quoting SC's Rafale judgment on PM Modi; Expresses 'regret'

The court gave the direction on the petition filed by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi in which she has accused Gandhi of attributing some observations to the apex court which was not in the April 10 Rafale judgement on admissibility of certain 'leaked' documents as evidence.

New Delhi: Retracting his statement against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday filed his response in front of the Supreme Court and expressed regret for ‘wrongly presenting court order’ and said that his statement came under the heat of political scenario. “My intention wasn’t to wrongly present court order” Gandhi said. The Supreme Court had directed Congress president Rahul Gandhi to give an explanation by April 22 for "incorrectly" attributing his 'Chowkidar Narendra Modi chor hai' remarks to its verdict in the Rafale case and said it will consider a criminal contempt petition filed against the opposition leader. The court gave the direction on the petition filed by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi in which she has accused Gandhi of attributing some observations to the apex court which was not in the April 10 Rafale judgement on admissibility of certain 'leaked' documents as evidence. Stating that it will consider the criminal contempt petition, the court made it clear that the remarks made by Gandhi in public have been "incorrectly attributed" to the court. Posting the matter for further hearing on April 23, the court also said politicians should not attribute any findings or views to the court in their speeches.
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