August 20, 2025
VARANASI – The special MP-MLA court in Varanasi on Tuesday heard the case in a matter related to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s alleged provocative remarks made against the Sikh community during his visit to the United States in September 2024. The court has fixed August 25 as the next date of hearing.
Advocate Vivek Shankar Tiwari said that advocate Anuj Yadav submitted an adjournment application on behalf of Rahul Gandhi. Opposing this, the plaintiff argued that there is no justification to hear the opponent under section 173 (4). On this, the court said that the issue will be debated again on the next date, August 25.
During his US visit in September last year, Gandhi had made a statement regarding the religious freedom of the Sikh community in India. Nageshwar Mishra, a resident of Tilmapur, Varanasi, had filed a petition against this statement.
Tiwari said that Nageshwar Mishra had filed a case in the court of Judicial Magistrate (II), which was rejected by the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (MP/MLA) after the hearing. Following this, Nageshwar Mishra filed a monitoring petition in the Sessions Court, which was accepted by the court on 21 July.