According to sources the delhi court has said that rahul Gandhi's speech cannot be accepted and has directed the election commission of india to take action within eight weeks. congress MP spoke at the election campaign meeting on november 22. rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi as a "bigpocket". The delhi High court on thursday ordered appropriate action against congress MP rahul Gandhi in the case filed against his speech. During the campaign, rahul Gandhi courted controversy when he referred to prime minister Modi, home minister amit shah and businessman gautam adani as "bigpockets". A case was filed in the delhi High court seeking action against rahul Gandhi for this speech.
Meanwhile the case came up for hearing yesterday (Thursday) before a bench comprising Acting Chief Justice manmohan and Justice mini Pushkarna of the delhi High Court. At that time, the court said that rahul Gandhi's speech was unacceptable and ordered the election commission of india to take action within eight weeks. At the same time, the court also observed that parliament cannot be instructed to make strict rules against such speech.
The election commission told the delhi High court that a notice was sent asking for an explanation of rahul Gandhi's speech on november 23, and the election Code of Conduct was in force at that time. During the hearing, the election commission informed the court that action has already been taken regarding rahul Gandhi's speech.
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