A Patna court on Saturday granted bail to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in connection with a defamation suit filed against him by BJP leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi.
Gandhi, who resigned as the Congress chief earlier this week, was slapped with the defamation suit by Modi in April for asking "why all thieves have the surname Modi" during an election rally in Kolar district of Karnataka on April 13.
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The comment was an obvious reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, absconding bank scam accused Nirav Modi and former Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi.
Sushil Kumar Modi had filed the defamation suit against Rahul Gandhi, claiming the Congress leader's comments were “offensive and derogatory”.
After he was granted bail, the Congress leader took a dig at the Modi government and the RSS saying, “Whoever stands against RSS’ and Narendra Modi’s ideology is attacked, and court cases are slapped. My fight is to save the Constitution, to stand for the poor and the farmers".
The Congress leader's appearance in the court comes days after he, as well as CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, pleaded not guilty in a Mumbai court in another defamation case filed against them by an RSS worker.
Meanwhile, there were party workers and Congress leaders lined up outside the court premises, displaying placards urging him to take back his resignation.
(With PTI inputs)
