Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today told Supreme Court that he had never blamed RSS as an institution for killing Mahatama Gandhi but persons associated with it were behind the assassination. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and R F Nariman said if the complainant agrees to the submission, it will take the statement on record and dispose of the petition. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Congress Vice President, cited the affidavit filed before the Bombay High Court saying he had only accused certain people of RSS and not the organisation as the killer of Mahatma Gandhi.
Rajesh Mahadev Kunte, secretary of Bhiwandi unit of RSS, had alleged in his complaint that Gandhi told in an election rally at Sonale on 6 Mrach last year that the RSS people killed Gandhiji. The case is pending before a magisterial court in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra’s Thane district. He had alleged that the Congress leader had sought to tarnish the reputation of RSS through his speech.
Reacting to Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s submission before the Supreme Court that he never blamed RSS for killing Mahatma Gandhi, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu hoped that wisdom will prevail upon the Congress leader not to make offensive remarks against a nationalist organisation.