Congress President Rahul to appear before Court TODAY

Words- they can mar or make a person, so choose your words carefully. We all know this but yet we seldom follow, particularly in anger.

So did Rahul Gandhi, and is now to appear before the Court.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi is likely to appear in a court in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra on Tuesday in connection with a defamation case filed by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Earlier, Gandhi had not appeared before the court on April 23 and his lawyer had filed an application for exemption.

On January 17, the Bhiwandi Court had ordered Gandhi to be present on April 23 for framing of charges against him for saying “RSS people killed Gandhi.”

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On the same day, the court had allowed Gandhi an exemption from the court on an application presented by his lawyer and had set April 23 as a new date for him as he did not appear before the court on that day.

A local RSS functionary, Rajesh Kunte, had filed the case against the Congress President for claiming at an election rally on March 6, 2014, that the right-wing organisation had killed Mahatma Gandhi.

In September 2016, Gandhi withdrew his petition filed in the apex court, challenging the case and said he would face the trial.

He expressed his readiness to face the trial after the top court refused to interfere with the criminal proceedings pending against him before the trial court.

After attending the hearing at the Bhiwandi court, Rahul will travel to Mumbai where he will interact with Congress’ booth-level workers at an event to be held at the Bombay Exhibition Centre at Goregaon in north Mumbai. 

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At the function, Rahul will launch ‘Project Shakti’, a national initiative undertaken by the Congress to facilitate the party leadership establish direct communication with the grassroots workers across the country.

“Under this project,  party workers will be enrolled using their basic details and confirm that those enrolling are actually Congressmen. These filtered people will then need to send an SMS on a contact number which will be provided to them by the party officials,” Mumbai Congress president Sanjay Nirupam said.

“The project will enable the ground-level workers to share their ideas and views with the central leadership of the party which will boost their morale ensuring a proper flow of communication internally,” Nirupam said.

Tuesday’s will be Rahul’s first public engagement in Mumbai after taking over as Congress President in December 2017.

During his visit to Mumbai, Rahul is also likely to meet NCP President Sharad Pawar.