A Maharashtra court has issued a summon to Congress leader Digvijay Singh for his alleged defamatory remarks on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader Sadashivrao Golwalkar.
The Thane magistrate court has directed Singh to appear before it on November 20 on a petition filed by RSS worker Vivek Champanerkar.
Singh, a Rajya Sabha MP, had on July 8 shared on X a poster in which Golwalkar was quoted saying that he would rather live under British rule than have equal rights given to Dalits, backwards and Muslims.
As Singh failed to respond to the notice, Champanerkar took the matter to the court.
"Do you know what Guru Golwalkar ji's thoughts were for the Dalits, backwards and Muslims and on the right on national water, forest and land?,” Singh had captioned the poster.
Champanerkar had earlier sent a notice to Singh through his lawyers Aditya Mishra and Surabhi Pandey demanding an unconditional apology for his remarks within a fortnight.
Meanwhile, an FIR has already been lodged against the Congress leader in Indore's Tukoganj Police Station. Singh was booked under sections 153A, 469, 500 and 505 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), an official was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
