Trouble mounts for Rahul Gandhi as the Congress MP from Wayanad has been issued a summon by a Mumbai court for controversial statements against PM Modi. Rahul Gandhi has been summoned by the Mumbai court over his remarks calling PM Modi "Commander In Thief". The summon was issued on August 28 and the Congress leader has been asked to be present before the Mumbai court on October 3 in the matter. This development has come in the light of a complaint filed by a BJP leader against Rahul Gandhi. 

In a complaint filed by BJP leader in Mumbai's Girgaon Court in September 2018, the saffron party accused Rahul Gandhi of defaming PM Modi with his remarks. The BJP leader stated that the Congress MP not only defamed PM Modi, but also members of the BJP party. Taking action in the matter, the Mumbai court has issued summon to Rahul Gandhi. The former Congress chief had in 2018 targeted PM Modi and termed him as India’s ‘Commander in Thief.’ He had taken to social media and made the remark his post defaming the Prime Minister. 

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Defamation cases against Rahul Gandhi

Earlier in July, Rahul Gandhi was issued fresh summons from a court in Ahmedabad in a criminal defamation suit filed against him by a local BJP leader for allegedly calling Union Home Minister Amit Shah a "murder accused". The fresh summons asked Gandhi to appear on August 9. The court had earlier held that prima facie there was a case of criminal defamation against Rahul Gandhi under Indian Penal Code Section (IPC) section 500.

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In another case, the Wayanad MP was granted bail by a Metropolitan Court in Ahmedabad in a criminal defamation case filed against him by Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank (ADC) and its chairman Ajay Patel. Rahul Gandhi had appeared in-person at the court in Ahemdabad and had pleaded not guilty. The next hearing in the case has been kept on September 7. In the defamation case, Rahul Gandhi has been accused of false and defamatory allegations against the bank. The Congress leader had alleged the bank of being involved in a scam of Rs 750-crore during demonetisation.

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