Gujarat court summons Rahul Gandhi over ‘all thieves have Modi as surname’ remark
A Gujarat court on Thursday issued summons to Rahul Gandhi after a criminal defamation suit was filed by BJP MLA Purnesh Modi over the Congress chief’s “why all thieves have Modi in their surname” remark.
Chief Judicial Magistrate of Surat B H Kapadia directed Gandhi to be present before the court on June 7. In his complaint, Modi, MLA from Surat-West seat, claimed that Rahul Gandhi defamed the entire Modi community by saying all “Modis are thieves”.
“There are a large number of people with Modi surname. Does it mean all members of the Modi community are thieves? He has defamed the community and also me as I carry the surname,” PTI quoted Modi as saying.
The Gujarat MLA filed the complaint against Gandhi on April 16 under IPC sections 499 and 500 that deal with defamation