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Pausing UP roadshow, Rahul Gandhi to appear in Assam court in defamation case

by IBNS 29 Sep 2016, 09:46 am

Guwahati, Sept 29 (IBNS) : Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will appear in a court in Guwahati on Thursday in connection with a defamation case slapped on him by the RSS, reports said.

Gandhi has to appear before the court by putting  pause on his roadshow in election-bound Uttar Pradesh.

He has been sued for accusing the RSS of stopping him from entering a 16th century monastery in Barpeta district last year.

"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," reports quoted him as saying.


In December last,  Gandhi was scheduled to visit the Barpeta Satra monastery before a road show in December but didn't do so as there were some women pilgrims inside. 

The next day, he claimed in Parliament that some "RSS people" had stopped him from entering the temple.

The RSS, which is the ideological mentor of the ruling BJP, denied the allegation. 

Gandhi is fighting another defamation case for linking the RSS with the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.