Rafale: Rahul Gandhi draws SC flak for not admitting mistake over his remarks

Congress President Rahul Gandhi Tuesday drew flak from the Supreme Court over his fresh affidavit in which he did not directly admit his mistake for incorrectly attributing the allegedly contemptuous "chowkidar chor hai" remark to the apex court in the Rafale verdict.

"When you commit mistake, you should admit the mistake," said a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.

It pointed out that at one point, Gandhi is admitting the mistake and at another denying having made the contemptuous remarks.

"We have great difficulty in understanding what you want to say in the affidavit," said the bench, also comprising justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph.

The bench, which gave another opportunity to Gandhi to file a better affidavit relating to his remark, said, "You make the statement and then justify it."
"Where in our order we have said so? How do you attribute all these statements to us?," the bench asked, wanting to know from Gandhi's counsel and senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, "What is the meaning of expression 'regret' used in the bracket in the affidavit?"
The bench, which was anguished over the content of the affidavit, said: "How long you will keep on dragging this matter?"
The bench, which had asked Lekhi's counsel to read the Gandhi's affidavit, said: "You (Gandhi) are contradicting yourself in your affidavit. In one place, you said you did not intend to say it and in the next page you say you regret saying it."
"Keep your political stand with yourself. We are not concerned with your political stand."