Leader of the Opposition of Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi plead not guilty in a defamation case about his comments on Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar in a Pune court.
Judicial Magistrate (First Class) and Special Judge (MP/MLA court) Amol Sriram Shinde read out the charge, levelled by Satyaki Savarkar, a grandnephew of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, to which the Congress leader pleaded not guilty through his lawyer Milind Pawar. Satyaki Savarkar filed the defamation lawsuit, claiming that Rahul Gandhi had made derogatory remarks about his grandfather in a speech.
Rahul was not present in the court. The next hearing on the matter is scheduled for 24 July.
Advocate Sangram Kolhatkar, who is representing Satyaki Savarkar, said since the phase of recording of plea of the accused is over, the trial in the case will proceed now.
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