HC rejects plea seeking FIR against Rahul Gandhi for remarks on capture of institutions by BJP, RSS

The Allahabad High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking a case against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for his remarks that the Congress was fighting not just the Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh but also the Indian state, Live Law reported.

A bench of Justice Vikram D Chauhan passed the order in response to a petition by Simran Gupta, an office-bearer of a Hindutva organisation called the Hindu Shakti Dal.

Gupta had approached the High Court after a court in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district in November rejected her petition seeking a first information report against Gandhi.

The petitioner had objected to a statement by Gandhi at an event to inaugurate the Congress’ new headquarters in Delhi on January 15, 2025. The Congress leader had said that his party was not engaged in a fair fight with the BJP and its ideological parent, the RSS.

“If you believe we are fighting against a political organisation called BJP and RSS, they have captured almost every institution in our country,” he said. “We are now fighting not just the BJP and RSS, but the Indian state itself.”

Gupta had claimed that Gandhi’s statement had “deeply hurt the sentiments of people across the country”, and that it could have a destabilising effect on the...

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