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New Delhi: The MP/MLA court of Sultanpur has ordered Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to appear on July 2 in the Amit Shah hate speech case.
During the hearing on Wednesday, the judge asked Rahul’s lawyer where he was? Lawyer Kashi Prasad Shukla told that there is an election for the post of Speaker in the Lok Sabha. That’s why he did not appear in court. The court has ordered Rahul to appear in person on July 2.
On May 8, 2018, during the Karnataka assembly elections in Bengaluru, Rahul Gandhi called Amit Shah a murder accused in a press conference. A defamation case was filed against him by a BJP leader from Sultanpur. Earlier this year, Rahul Gandhi appeared in court on February 20.
The case has been going on for 5 years. In December 2023, the then judge of the MP/MLA court had issued a non-bailable warrant against Rahul Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi is on bail in this case
Rahul surrendered at Sultanpur court on 20 February 2024. The court granted him bail on two bonds of Rs 25,000 each. After this, the first date was fixed on 2 March. After this, 13 March, 22 March, 2 April, 12 April, 22 April, 2 May, 14 May, 27 May, 7 June, 18 June and 26 June. But Rahul did not appear. On his behalf, his lawyer Kashi Shukla is applying for exemption from attendance. Rahul’s statement is to be recorded in the court.
Rahul had said – BJP president is accused of murder. Sultanpur BJP leader Vijay Mishra had alleged that Rahul Gandhi had held a press conference during the Karnataka elections in Bengaluru on 8 May 2018. In this he had said- “Amit Shah is accused of murder. Therefore I don’t think Amit Shah has any credibility. The party which talks about honesty and purity, its president is accused of murder.”
Let us tell you that Justice Loya’s son had described his father’s death as natural. Supreme Court too had rejected the petition related to SIT investigation of the case calling it a normal death. Justice Brijmohan Harkishan Loya died in Nagpur in December 2014. At that time he had gone to the wedding of the daughter of one of his colleagues. Judge Loya was hearing the much talked about Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case of Gujarat. Amit Shah was the accused in this.
Parliament membership was canceled last year in the defamation case itself
On 24 March 2023, Rahul Gandhi’s membership of Parliament was canceled. He was sentenced to two years in the defamation case by the Surat Court. Rahul was then an MP from Wayanad. However, Rahul’s membership was later restored after the sentence was suspended.
