RSS defamation case: Hearing on March 3 for recording of Rahul's plea

The Bhiwandi court on Monday adjourned hearing till March 3 for recording of Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's plea in Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh defamation case.

Rahul appeared before the court in connection with criminal defamation case filed by the RSS over his remark regarding Mahatma Gandhi's assassination.

Rahul was granted bail on the basis of personal surety by the court in November 2016.

A local RSS functionary, Rajesh Kunte, had filed the case against Gandhi for claiming at an election rally on March 6, 2014 that the right-wing organisation had killed Mahatma Gandhi.

Though the Supreme Court has stayed the proceedings against him, Gandhi appeared