Rahul Gandhi’s Lawyer to Withdraw Court Statement Citing Threat to His Life, Says Filed without LoP's ‘Consent’
Rahul Gandhi's lawyer filed a safety statement without his consent in a Pune defamation case and plans to withdraw it, citing disagreement with its contents, officials said.
- Rahul Gandhi's lawyer Milind Pawar filed a pursis on August 13, 2025, in a Pune court citing a threat to Gandhi's life in a defamation case.
- Pawar filed the pursis without consulting Rahul Gandhi, who has strongly disagreed with its contents and plans to withdraw the application on August 14.
- The defamation case was filed by Satyaki Savarkar, who alleged Gandhi made defamatory remarks about Vinayak Damodar Savarkar during a March 2023 speech in London.
- Savarkar, a direct descendant of Nathuram and Gopal Godse, denied Gandhi's allegations as baseless and said the defense is filing frivolous pleas to delay the case.
- The court hearing is scheduled for September 10, 2025, and the withdrawal of the threat application may affect the case's progress and political tensions involved.
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Rahul Gandhi’s lawyer fears ‘harm to Congress leader’, later makes U-turn
“The complainant, Satyaki Savarkar, has categorically admitted that he is a direct descendant through his maternal family lineage of Nathuram Godse and Gopal Godse, the principal accused in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi,” the pursis stated.
Rahul plea citing Savarkar threat filed without his consent, to be withdrawn
Pune: Hours after filing a plea in a court here claiming apprehension of threat to Rahul Gandhi from the followers of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the Congress leader’s lawyer on Wednesday said it was filed without Gandhi’s consent, and would be withdrawn. He will submit another application on Thursday to withdraw the `Pursis’ or the application filed before Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Amol Shinde, said Advocate Milind Pawar. Pawar is represe…
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