“File as many cases as you want, I am happy to fight,” said Rahul Gandhi in Guwahati as he was there to appear for a court hearing for a defamation case charged against him by the RSS.
The Congress Vice President has been sued for accusing the RSS of stopping him from entering a 16th century monastery in Barpeta, near Guwahati, Assam.
In Decemeber, last year Gandhi was scheduled to visit Barpeta Satra monastery ahead of a road show but he didn’t, as some women pilgrims were there inside the monastery. The next day he blamed RSS and BJP in the parliament for not letting him get inside. RSS put those women in front of him as obstacles so that he cannot enter the monastery, Gandhi claimed.
The RSS, which is the ideological mentor of the ruling BJP, denied the allegation.
“All these cases are being filed against me because I am fighting for the poor, the rights of farmers, for unemployed youth who have aspirations but are being denied jobs because the government is working for 10-15 people. The idea is that I should not fight for them. But I will not be deterred and I will continue to fight,” he told reporters outside the court
Rahul Gandhi is fighting another defamation case for linking the RSS with the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi and recently told the Supreme Court that he was ready to face trial in a Maharashtra court.
Sourced from agencies, Feature image courtesy: thenortheasttoday.com
