Rahul Gandhi visits restaurant with Gujarat Congress netas, slams BJP

As Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail in a criminal defamation case on Friday in Ahmedabad, he took to Twitter to share a video of him eating in a local restaurant. Even as leader claimed that cases against him are 'politically motivated', he added that he is glad to spend time with Congress workers. He shared a video in which he was seen eating in a restaurant with Congress workers. Here us video:

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Rahul Gandhi granted bail

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday pleaded 't guilty' and was granted bail in a criminal defamation case filed against him for his slanderous remark for Home Minister Amit Shah. Gandhi also appeared before a second court in Ahmedabad, where he is facing ar defamation case, for claiming that Ahmedabad District Cooperative (ADC) Bank was involved in a currency swapping scam post-demonetisation.

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Additional chief metropolitan magistrate R B Etaliya, hearing defamation suit filed by BJP corporator Krishnavadan Rahmbhatt, granted Congress leader bail on a bond of Rs 10,000. Rahul Gandhi pleaded 't guilty' to charge in suit. His lawyer sought exemption for Rahul Gandhi from personal appearance. court said it will hear plea on December 7. At a campaign rally in Jabalpur before Lok Sabha polls, Rahul Gandhi had made a slanderous remark against Home Minister Amit Shah. Filing a defamation suit against leader, complainant had said that Amit Shah was acquitted in Sohrabuddin Shaikh fake encounter case in 2015, and hence, Rahul Gandhi's remarks were slanderous. On Thursday, Wayanad MP also appeared before a court in Surat, in a defamation case related to his remark "why do all thieves share Modi surname", made during Lok Sabha campaign, earlier this year. 

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