Rahul Gandhi will appear before an Ahmedabad court today in connection with a defamation case filed by a BJP member who alleged the Congress leader made derogatory statements against Amit Shah during an election rally in Madhya Pradesh in April. This is Mr Gandhi’s fourth time in court in the past month.
Rahul Gandhi, on April 23, attacked Amit Shah citing an old murder case in which the BJP leader was discharged five years ago. He also levelled corruption allegations against Mr Shah’s son, Jay Shah.
“Murder accused BJP President Amit Shah….waah! kya shaan hai (Wow, what majesty)… Have you heard Jay Shah’s name? He is a magician, he made Rs. 50,000 into Rs. 80 crore in 3 months,” Mr Gandhi had said.
Amit Shah had been named in a case involving the alleged fake encounter of a gangster, Sohrabuddin Sheikh, which took place in 2005. However, in 2014, a court had ruled there was not enough evidence against him to merit a trial. Last year, the Bombay High Court dismissed a petition against the CBI’s decision to not challenge the trial court’s order.
Rahul Gandhi, 49, had last week been granted bail by a Patna court in connection with a defamation case filed by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi for allegedly saying “all thieves have the surname Modi”, at an election rally in Maharashtra.
“I have a question. Why do all the thieves have Modi in their names? Be it Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi or Narendra Modi? We don’t know how many more such Modis will come out,” he said.
After getting bail Mr Gandhi took time off from his schedule to visit a restaurant in the city’s Maurya Lok Place that served South Indian food.
Mr Gandhi is also due to appear in a Surat court in a related defamation case filed by Gujarat lawmaker Purnesh Modi.
Rahul Gandhi also appeared in a Mumbai court last week, where he pleaded not guilty in a defamation case filed by an RSS worker over comments allegedly linking journalist Gauri Lankesh’s killing with “BJP-RSS ideology”. He was granted bail on surety of Rs.15,000.
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