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Rahul Gandhi appears before Thane court
Thane (Maharashtra), May 8
Congress vice
president Rahul Gandhi appeared before a Thane court in connection with a
criminal defamation suit here on Friday.
The case was filed
against him following his speech about the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS) and Mahatma Gandhi's assassination during the 2014 Lok Sabha
election campaign.
Gandhi appeared before Bhiwandi Judicial
Magistrate D.P. Kale, a day after the Supreme Court suspended the suit
filed by RSS activist Rajesh Kunte.
After hearing both sides,
Magistrate Kale adjourned the matter to September 30, said senior
Congress leader and state legislative council member Sanjay Dutt, who
accompanied Gandhi along with thousands of party activists to the court.
Earlier,
the Bombay High Court declined Gandhi's appeal to quash the defamation
case against him pertaining to an election speech in Sonale village
(Thane) on March 6, 2014, in which he alleged "RSS people killed
Gandhiji".
The apex court has fixed the next date of hearing on July 8.