Prayagraj, 01 May

(HS): On Friday, the Allahabad High Court dismissed a plea seeking the

registration of a FIR against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over a supposed

provocative comment in 2025. Justice Vikram D Chauhan issued the ruling after

hearing a plea brought by Simran Gupta of the right-wing Hindu Shakti Dal.

Gupta appealed a

Sambhal court's decision to deny her request for directives to file a FIR

against Gandhi, the Lok Sabha's Leader of the Opposition. The petitioner

claimed that Gandhi remarked during the inauguration of the All India Congress

Committee office in 2025 that we are now battling the BJP, RSS, and the Indian

state itself. The petitioner claimed that the comment wounded public

sensibilities and constituted a seditious and anti-national declaration

designed to undermine the country. Justice Chauhan reserved the ruling on April

8 after deliberating with the petitioner's and the state government's lawyers.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi