Rahul Gandhi directed to appear before UP court in defamation case

7 months ago 25

NEW DELHI: A court dealing with matters concerning

MPs and MLAs

in India has directed Congress leader

Rahul Gandhi

to appear before it on July 2. This order pertains to a

defamation case

filed against him for allegedly making objectionable remarks about Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The complaint, initially lodged by BJP leader

Vijay Mishra

in 2018, has been ongoing for several years.
The court session on Wednesday saw a plea from

Ram Pratap

, who sought to become a party in the case. However,

Santosh Kumar Pandey

, the lawyer representing the complainant, opposed this request. According to Pandey, Pratap is neither a victim nor connected to the matter in any significant way. Gandhi's lawyer,

Kashi Prasad Shukla

, also opposed Pratap's plea.
Despite these objections, the court dismissed the petition from Pratap and reiterated its call for Rahul Gandhi to make a personal appearance on the next hearing date.
Gandhi had previously attended court on February 20 this year, during his "Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra" in Amethi, where he was granted bail.

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