Sambhal court issues notice to Rahul Gandhi over 'fight against Indian state' remark

TOI City Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Mar 21, 2025, 09:03 IST

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The District Judge Court of Sambhal on Thursday issued notice to Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi to either respond or appear on April 4 in connection with a complaint filed against him over his statement that "Our fight is not against BJP or RSS, but against the Indian state."

Sambhal court issues notice to Rahul Gandhi over 'fight against Indian state' remark

SAMBHAL: The District Judge Court of Sambhal on Thursday issued notice to Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi to either respond or appear on April 4 in connection with a complaint lodged against him regarding his purported declaration that "Our fight is not against BJP or RSS, but against the Indian state."
Advocate Sachin Goyal announced on Thursday that the court had validated the complaint and served a notice to Gandhi, requiring him to present himself in court on April 4 or provide a written response.
"Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had made a statement on 15 January 2025 that 'We are now fighting the BJP, the RSS and the Indian State itself'. Simran Gupta had filed a case in the special MP/MLA court to register an FIR against Rahul Gandhi. The CJM had quashed it on the grounds of jurisdiction," Advocate Goyal said.
"We filed a revision petition against that order and the District Judge Court of Sambhal issued a summon to Rahul Gandhi to appear in court on April 4," he added.

Previously on January 15, during the inauguration of the party's new headquarters 'Indira Bhawan', Rahul Gandhi criticised the BJP and stated that the Congress and other opposition parties were engaged in a struggle not only against the BJP but against the entire Indian state.
"Our ideology, like the RSS ideology, is thousands of years old, and it has been fighting the RSS ideology for thousands of years. Do not think that we are fighting a fair fight. There is no fairness in this. If you believe that we are fighting a political organisation called the BJP or RSS, you have not understood what is going on. The BJP and the RSS have captured every single institution of our country. We are now fighting the BJP, the RSS and the Indian State itself," he said
"We do not know whether our institutions are working or are non-functional. It is pretty clear what the media is up to. Even people know that media is no longer free and fair," he added.

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