Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was today granted bail by a court in Bhiwandi near here in a defamation case over his alleged comment against the RSS on Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination.
Rahul, who reached the Bhiwandi magistrate court in neighbouring Thane district around 10.30 AM amid tight security along with his supporters, appeared before Judge Tushar Waze, who adjourned the case till January 30, 2017.
Former Union Minister Shivraj Patil stood as surety for the bail for the Congress leader.
The case against Rahul was filed by a local RSS functionary, Rajesh Kunte, over the former’s speech in Bhiwandi on March 6, 2014 in the run up to Lok Sabha polls.
During the rally, Rahul had allegedly claimed, “The RSS people had killed Gandhi.”
The complainant’s counsel Nandu Phadke told the court that if Rahul was ready to accept his “mistake” then he was willing to withdraw the case against him as the complainant (Kunte) believed in “forgive and forget.”
Also, Rahul should give an undertaking that he will not repeat it in the future, Phadke demanded.
