Addressing Congress workers, Mr Gandhi had attacked the notes ban, announced just days before by Prime Minister Narenda Modi, and said: “I have come here for Gandhi’s ideology. Gandhi said those who stand straight cannot be bent into slavery. On one side we have the mentality of freedom, on the other we have that of ghulami (slavery).”
Last year, the 45-year-old Congress leader withdrew a request to dismiss the case in Bhiwandi and told the Supreme Court that he is ready to be tried on charges of defaming the RSS.
The RSS said that it could withdraw the case if he states publicly that he does not blame it as an institution for the death of the Mahatma. Mr Gandhi, however, told the court he would “never” take back his words.
“I stand by each and every word. I will never take my words back… I am ready to go to trial,” said Mr Gandhi to judges through his lawyer, former union minister Kapil Sibal.
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