MP/MLA court to hear Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Sikh comment’ case on Sep 4

A special MP/MLA court of Varanasi on Monday fixed September 4 as the next date of hearing in connection with the alleged comments made by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi about the Sikh community during his US visit.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Neeraj Kumar Tripathi heard the case and fixed September 4 as the next date.

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Petitioner’s lawyer Vivek Shankar Tiwari said advocate Anuj Yadav has filed an objection letter on behalf of Gandhi. After examining this letter, a reply will be filed from his side on September 4.

It is worth noting that during his US visit in September last year, the Gandhi scion had made a statement regarding the Sikh community. Nageshwar Mishra, a resident of Tilmapur, Varanasi, had filed a petition against this statement.

Tiwari said Mishra had filed a suit in the court of Judicial Magistrate (II), which was dismissed by the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (MP/MLA) after hearing. After this, Nageshwar Mishra filed a monitoring petition in the sessions court, which was accepted by the court on July 21.