Sultanpur. Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will appear in MP-MLA court shortly. In view of his appearance, security cordon has been tightened in the civil court. Rahul will appear in the court of Special Magistrate Shubham Verma. A case is going on against the Congress MP here for making indecent remarks on Home Minister Amit Shah.
Former Cooperative Bank Chairman and BJP leader Vijay Mishra had filed a complaint against Rahul Gandhi in the special court five years ago, in which the case is being run. According to the complainant’s advocate Santosh Pandey, the complaint alleges that on July 15, 2018, party workers Anirudh Shukla and Dinesh Kumar showed a video clip on their mobile. In this, Rahul Gandhi was calling Amit Shah a murderer. His statement was related to the death of Justice Loya, in which Shah was given a clean chit by the Supreme Court.
Magistrate had taken a tough stand
On the basis of the statements and evidence of the complainant and two witnesses, Special Magistrate Yogesh Yadav summoned Rahul Gandhi for hearing under Section 500 of IPC. He appeared in court on February 20 and got bail. He has been exempted from appearing in person on the date of appearance. However, he will have to appear to answer the charges. The magistrate took a tough stand due to his absence in the last few hearings. On this, on July 2, Rahul Gandhi’s advocate Kashi Prasad Shukla had sought an opportunity to appear on July 26.
Appearance in court for the second time in five months
Rahul Gandhi has come here for the second time in five months. Earlier, he appeared in court on February 20 amid the heat of the Lok Sabha elections. At that time, a large number of people from Amethi and Sultanpur had come with the desire to meet and see him. The matter was of appearance in court, so Rahul came and the court process was completed in about 20 minutes. Amidst the sloganeering of supporters and workers of opposition parties, he kept smiling and walked away from there without saying anything.
