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RSS defamation case: Court to pronounce order on Rahul Gandhi’s exemption plea on March 4

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By PTI

THANE: A courtroom at Bhiwandi in Thane district which is listening to a case of alleged defamation filed by an RSS employee towards Rahul Gandhi on Saturday stated it will move an order on the Congress chief’s plea searching for everlasting exemption from look on March 4.

Gandhi has sought exemption on the bottom that he’s a resident of Delhi and a Lok Sabha member, and the trial can proceed in his absence as he can be represented by his lawyer.

Advocate Narayan Iyer, who represents Gandhi, argued for exemption earlier than Judicial Magistrate First Class L C Wadikar.

Rajesh Kunte, an area employee of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, 2014 filed a case towards Rahul Gandhi over the latter’s speech in Bhiwandi on March 6, 2014, the place he alleged that the RSS was behind the killing of Mahatma Gandhi.

Gandhi allegedly stated on the election marketing campaign rally that “the RSS people had killed (Mahatma) Gandhi.”

Kunte claimed that the assertion slandered the status of the RSS.

THANE: A courtroom at Bhiwandi in Thane district which is listening to a case of alleged defamation filed by an RSS employee towards Rahul Gandhi on Saturday stated it will move an order on the Congress chief’s plea searching for everlasting exemption from look on March 4.

Gandhi has sought exemption on the bottom that he’s a resident of Delhi and a Lok Sabha member, and the trial can proceed in his absence as he can be represented by his lawyer.

Advocate Narayan Iyer, who represents Gandhi, argued for exemption earlier than Judicial Magistrate First Class L C Wadikar.

Rajesh Kunte, an area employee of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, 2014 filed a case towards Rahul Gandhi over the latter’s speech in Bhiwandi on March 6, 2014, the place he alleged that the RSS was behind the killing of Mahatma Gandhi.

Gandhi allegedly stated on the election marketing campaign rally that “the RSS people had killed (Mahatma) Gandhi.”

Kunte claimed that the assertion slandered the status of the RSS.