‘Irresponsible’: Supreme Court criticises Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on Savarkar | Latest News India
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, for his remarks against Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, saying he should refrain from making “irresponsible” statements about freedom fighters. The SC pulled up the Congress leader over his comments made during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in November 2022 (PTI Photo) The bench, however, stayed the Lucknow court’s order summoning Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed against him for his comment referring to Savarkar as a “servant” of the British in November 2022 during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Maharashtra’s Akola. “You have made a good point on law, and you are entitled to stay… But he is a political leader. Why should he make such statements?” justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan told senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who appeared for Gandhi, the leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha. “Let him not make any statements on freedom fighters without knowing any history or geography about it,” the top court said, pulling up Rahul Gandhi for his comments made during the Bharat …