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Lekhi moves SC against Rahul’s Rafale remark

NEW DELHI: BJP MP from Delhi and advocate Meenakshi Lekhi today filed a contempt petition in the SC against Congress president Rahul Gandhi for allegedly attributing his remarks on the recent Rafale verdict to the top court.

New Delhi, April 12

BJP MP from Delhi and advocate Meenakshi Lekhi today filed a contempt petition in the SC against Congress president Rahul Gandhi for allegedly attributing his remarks on the recent Rafale verdict to the top court.

A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said it would take up the matter on Monday after Senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi, representing Lekhi, said the Congress president reportedly made a remark that the “Supreme Court said chowkidaar chor hai” in the verdict.

Lekhi, who represents New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, accused Gandhi of attributing his personal remarks to the top court and creating prejudice. The Congress president had on April 10 claimed that the apex court has made it “clear” that PM Narendra Modi “committed a theft”. He had made the statement while interacting with journalists in Amethi after filing his nomination papers. — TNS

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