The MP-MLA court in Chaibasa of West Singhbhum District in Jharkhand has ordered Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to appear physically on March 27.
The court issued the order in a case in 2018 when Rahul Gandhi had made objectionable remarks about the Bharatiya Janata Party and its then National President Amit Shah.
Rahul Gandhi made a statement on 18th March 2018 in AICC Plenary Sessions in New Delhi stating that: “The people of this country will accept a lying Bhartiya Janata Party leadership drunk with power because they know that, what the Bhartiya Janata Party is designed for”. Further, he went on to say: “They will accept a man accused of murder as the President of Bhartiya Janata Party but the people will never accept the same in the Congress Party”
At that time, the incumbent Home Minister Amit Shah was holding the post of National President of BJP.
State Vice President of BJP Yuva Morcha Pratap Katiyar had filed a case in the MP MLA Court of Chaibasa against this statement of Rahul. Though the case was transferred to the MP-MLA Court in Ranchi, after the MP-MLA Court started in Chaibasa, it was transferred to Chaibasa.
In April 2022, Chaibasa MP-MLA Court issued a bailable warrant against Rahul Gandhi in this case, on which no cognisance was taken.
On 27 February 2024, the court of Justice Rishi Kumar issued a non-bailable warrant, after which Rahul Gandhi's lawyer had applied in the court seeking exemption from Rahul Gandhi's physical presence.
But the court of Judge Rishi Kumar rejected his application on March 14, 2024, and ordered Rahul Gandhi to be physically present on March 27.
Notably, the Jharkhand High Court has already rejected Rahul Gandhi's appeal against the MP-MLA court’s summons against him in the matter.
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