Defamation case: In a significant reduction for Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, Jharkhand High Court at present (April 25) stayed the continuing proceedings towards him in the MP-MLA court in a defamation case. The MP-MLA court in Chaibasa district had issued a non-bailable warrant towards Gandhi on February 27. To cease this, the Congress chief had filed a petition in the excessive court.
Gandhi has been dealing with the warmth in a felony prosecution filed by one Pratap Kumar of Chaibasa for having made defamatory feedback towards Union Home Minister Amit Shah throughout a ballot marketing campaign in 2019.
Kumar in his petition filed earlier than the court of the Justice of the Peace in Chaibasa mentioned Gandhi’s remarks have been defamatory and made purposely to malign the stature of Shah. The case has been going on in the particular MP/MLA court which had issued a bailable warrant towards Gandhi in April 2022.
Gandhi, nonetheless, didn’t seem earlier than the Chaibasa court, following which a non-bailable arrest warrant was issued towards him by the court on February 27. The Congress chief then moved a petition earlier than the Chaibasa court by means of his counsel searching for exemption from showing.
The petition was disallowed by the court after which he moved the Jharkhand High Court. The case will once more be heard after a fortnight.
Meanwhile, the Congress occasion at present knowledgeable the Election Commission that Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge are amongst 40 star campaigners who would canvass for the occasion in Andhra Pradesh for the May 13 polls.
Congress General Secretary Mukul Wasnik submitted the 40 names to the ballot physique on Thursday, which included AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and others.
Besides Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President YS Sharmila, the checklist additionally consists of Telangana leaders equivalent to Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, Okay Venkat Reddy, D Anasuya and others, in keeping with a replica of the letter submitted to the Election Commission.
Congress, which has been decreased to a minnow in the state’s political panorama after the erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated in 2014 by the UPA-II, is struggling to achieve a toehold forward of the elections.
(With companies inputs)
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