Court rejects plea for FIR against Rahul for remark on Sikhs in US | Lucknow News
Varanasi: A Varanasi court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking an order to police to lodge an FIR against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on Sikh community during his visit to the USA in Sept last year.“The fight is about whether a Sikh is going to be allowed to wear his turban or a kada in India. Or he, as a Sikh, is going to be able to go to Gurdwara. That’s what the fight is about, and not just for him, but for all religions,” Rahul had said during his visit to the USA. In Nov 2024, the court of additional chief judicial magistrate (fourth and MP-MLA) Neeraj Kumar Tripathi rejected the plea filed by former village head of Tilmapur Nageshwar Mishra on Sept 26 last year. Thereafter, Mishra filed the revision petition against the order in the district court. After hearing the revision petition, the court directed the lower court to re-hear the plea. Advocate Anuj Yadav, who represented Rahul Gandhi, said, after hearing both the parties, the court of additional chief judicial magistrate (fourth and MP-MLA) Neeraj Kumar Tripathi rejected the plea.
