A Delhi court on Tuesday transferred a complaint filed against Congress president Rahul Gandhi for allegedly derogatory remarks he made in 2016 against Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a special court designated to try lawmakers.
District Judge Poonam A. Bamba transferred the case to Addititional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal who will take up the matter for hearing on April 26.
Complaint seeks FIR
The complaint against Mr. Gandhi has sought direction to the police to register a first information report against Mr. Gandhi for making alleged seditious remarks in 2016 against the Prime Minister, accusing him of hiding behind the blood of soldiers and cashing in on their sacrifice.
The complaint against Mr. Gandhi referred to his speech at a public meeting here where he made these remarks.
On October 6, 2016, addressing the meeting after completion of his ‘Kisan Yatra’ in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress president had said: “You [Prime Minister Modi] are hiding behind the blood of soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir and those who carried out the surgical strikes for India. You are exploiting their sacrifices, which is very wrong.”