Up in arms against Rahul Gandhi, BJP's Sushil Modi to file defamation suit for Congress chief's 'Sarre Modi Chor ' remark

Up in arms against Congress President Rahul Gandhi's 'Sarre Modi Chor Hai' (All Modis are thieves) remark, BJP leer and Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Sushil Kumar Modi has said that he will file defamation suit against him for calling all Modi’s surname 'CHOR'.

Taking to Twitter, Bihar Minister blasted Congress chief and wrote:

Earlier, a defamation suit was filed against Congress president Rahul Gandhi in a court in Bhopal on Monday over same remark.

“I have faced a lot of insult because of his remark. A lot of people asked if all Modis are thieves and hence I filed suit,” said Preep Modi, petitioner.

Congress president on 13 April, while taking a jibe at Prime Minister Modi, h reportedly said: “I have a question. Why do all thieves have Modi in ir names — wher it is Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi or Narendra Modi? We don’t kw how many more such Modis will come out.”

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“If you want to say such things, please say it to person concerned. Talking about a community is objectionable. When I came to court today, a few of my friends me fun of me. After getting hurt because of this, I have filed this defamation suit,” petitioner said.

court will take up defamation suit on 1 May.

petitioner’s counsel Pramod Saxena said:

“With this statement, Rahul Gandhi has tried to portray one community as a thief during his political speech in Karnataka. Following this, a defamation case has been filed by Preep Modi in a court here."

Meanwhile in a massive jolt to Rahul Gandhi, Supreme Court has issued a tice to Congress President asking him to respond to  criminal contempt petition filed by BJP leer Meenakshi Lekhi alleging that Mr Gandhi h committed contempt by attributing his ‘chowkidar chor hai’ remarks on Rafale controversy to top court.

Furrmore, Supreme Court has also given a one-week ultimatum to Mr Gandhi for filing his response.