Ranchi. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has got a big relief in the defamation case going against him in the MP-MLA court of Chaibasa. Jharkhand High Court has stayed the proceedings going on in the MP-MLA court. The court has issued a notice to the complainant of the case and directed him to file his reply within two weeks. The MP-MLA court in Chaibasa district had issued a non-bailable warrant against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on February 27. Rahul Gandhi had filed a petition in the High Court to ban this. Rahul Gandhi Defamation Case
A person named Pratap Katiyar, a resident of Chaibasa, has alleged in the complaint lodged against Rahul Gandhi that he had made derogatory remarks against the then BJP national president Amit Shah in the Congress convention in the year 2018. Rahul Gandhi had said that no murderer can become the national president in Congress. Congressmen cannot accept a murderer as the national president, this is possible only in BJP.
On this complaint case, Chaibasa Court had issued a bailable warrant against Rahul Gandhi in April 2022. No cognizance was taken from Rahul Gandhi’s side on this. After this, the court issued a non-bailable warrant against him in February 2024. Rahul Gandhi’s advocate had applied in the court on this matter, seeking permission to be physically present, but his application was rejected. After this he reached the High Court.
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