Mumbai: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday appeared before a court in Bhiwandi in connection with the RSS defamation case. The court adjourned till March 3 the hearing for recording the plea of Mr. Gandhi, who has preferred to face trial as an accused.
Mr. Gandhi, in a brief interaction later with reporters, said his fight is against the ideology that killed Mahatma Gandhi.
The case against the Congress leader was filed by a local RSS functionary Rajesh Kunte over his speech in Bhiwandi on March 6, 2014, in the run-up to Lok Sabha polls. At the rally, Mr. Gandhi had allegedly said, “The RSS people had killed Mahatma Gandhi.”
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Prior to the adjournment, his lawyers Ashok Mundergi and Narayan Iyer told the court that they have not received the copy of the entire newspaper (which published the news item on the Congress leader) but only the cuttings.
Mr. Mundergi told the court that he will have to go through the entire documents and will argue if needed, before the plea is recorded. He then, along with Mr. Iyer, moved an adjournment application.