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Even after being issued summons to appear in Maharashtra court as an accused in the defamation case for accusing RSS for the killing of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi told the Supreme Court today that he stood by every word of his statement against and was ready to face trial.
The statement of Mr Rahul, read by senior advocate Kapil Sibal to the bench comprising of Justices Dipak Misra and R F Nariman, stated that “I stand by each and every word. I will never take my words back. I stood by it yesterday, I stand by it today and I will stand by it in future. I am ready to go to trial.” The controversial statement about RSS was made by the Congress Vice President at an election rally in 2015.
Mr Rahul will now be facing trial in a Bhiwandi court in Maharashtra where a defamation case has been filed. When the case was filed at first, the counsel appearing for an RSS functionary alleged he had instruction that the matter can be put to an end if Rahul gave another clarificatory statement that he never intended to say that RSS was behind the assassination. However, the apex court was informed that Mr Rahul wanted to face trial as he stood by every word. The court also refused to give exemption to Rahul from personal appearance before the Bhiwandi court in the case.
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