Varanasi court dismisses case against Rahul Gandhi over US Sikh remarks

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has received significant relief from the Varanasi MP-MLA Court in a case related to his statement about Sikhs during his visit to the United States.

On Friday, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (IV) (MP-MLA Court) Neeraj Kumar Tripathi dismissed the pending petition in the case after hearing it.

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Senior advocates Anuj Yadav, Naresh Yadav, and Sandeep Yadav represented Rahul Gandhi in the court.

It is noteworthy that in September last year, Rahul Gandhi had stated in a statement in the United States that the environment in India is not conducive for Sikhs and whether a Sikh would be allowed to wear a turban, a kada, or visit a gurdwara.

Advocate Anuj Yadav stated that Nageshwar Mishra, a resident of Tilmapur, Sarnath, had filed a suit in the court of Judicial Magistrate (II), calling this statement a conspiracy. Subsequently, the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (MP-MLA Court) dismissed the suit after hearing the petition.

Mishra had filed a review petition in the Sessions Court against the lower court’s order. The Sessions Court accepted the review petition and ordered the lower court to rehear the case. The pending petition was dismissed on Friday after a hearing.