New Delhi: An MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday (June 26) directed Congress leader and Rae Bareli MP Rahul Gandhi to appear before it on July 2 regarding a defamation case filed against him.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijay Mishra had filed a case against Gandhi over his allegedly defamatory remarks about Union home minister Amit Shah in 2018.
One Ram Pratap asked to be made a party in the case. Santosh Kumar Pandey, appearing on behalf of the complainant, and Gandhi’s lawyer, Kashi Prasad Shukla, both opposed Pratap’s plea.
Pandey said that Pratap is neither a victim nor has anything to do with the matter.
However, the court dismissed the prayer and called for a personal appearance of Gandhi on the next date of hearing, the Deccan Herald reported.
Gandhi, who was recently appointed the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, had appeared before the court on February 20 this year, halting his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Amethi. The court had granted him bail at the time.
