Rahul Gandhi Has Thanked BJP-RSS And You Need To Know Why

Last week the 48-year-old was granted granted bail by a Patna court in connection with a defamation case filed by Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Modi for allegedly saying "all thieves have the surname Modi", at an election rally in Maharashtra.

Picture: Rahul Gandhi (Twitter account)

Ahmedabad: Ever since he quit the post of Congress president, Rahul Gandhi has been busy with court appearances, most of them being defamation cases. Today he appeared before a metropolitan court here in a defamation suit filed against him by the Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank and its chairman, Ajay Patel. Union home minister Amit Shah is one of the directors of the ADC Bank. Taking a dig at the ruling government through his Twitter handle, Gandhi said he is thankful to his opponents in the RSS and the BJP for providing him with opportunities to take his ideological battle against them to the public. "I'm in Ahmedabad today, to appear in another case filed against me by my political opponents in the RSS/BJP. "I thank them for providing me these platforms & opportunities to take my ideological battle against them to the public. Satyameva Jayate," he said in a tweet after reaching Ahmedabad.

I'm in Ahmedabad today, to appear in another case filed against me by my political opponents in the RSS/ BJP.

I thank them for providing me these platforms & opportunities to take my ideological battle against them to the public. Satyameva Jayate ???? — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 12, 2019

The defamation suit alleges that Congress leaders, including Gandhi, had falsely claimed that the bank was involved in a "scam" to convery Rs 750 crore in scrapped notes with legal tender within five days of announcement of demonetisation in 2016. Gandhi and Surjewala's allegations were based on the reply given by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development to an RTI query of a Mumbai-based activist. ADCB and Patel have denied that the bank exchanged such a huge amount of swapped currency as alleged, reported PTI. He was granted bail after he pleaded not guilty in the defamation case. Last week the 48-year-old was granted granted bail by a Patna court in connection with a defamation case filed by Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Modi for allegedly saying "all thieves have the surname Modi", at an election rally in Maharashtra. In the same week, the Gandhi scion also appeared in a Mumbai court, where he pleaded not guilty in a defamation case filed by an RSS activist over him linking journalist Gauri Lankesh's killing with "BJP-RSS ideology". He was granted bail on surety amount of Rs.15,000.