Pune court summons Rahul Gandhi in defamation case filed by Savarkar's grandnephew
Pune: A Pune Court on Friday called Congress Rae Bareli MP Rahul Gandhi to appear in a criminal defamation case filed by late Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s grandnephew, over his alleged objectionable remarks against Vinayak Savarkar during his visit to the United Kingdom last year. The court has asked Gandhi to appear before it on October 23, reported India Today.
Satyaki Savarkar, grandson of one of Vinayak Savarkar's brothers lodged a complaint with a Pune magistrate court in April 2023, accusing Rahul of making defamatory comments about the Hindutva ideologue during an event in London on March 5, 2023.
In the complaint, Satyaki claimed, "Rahul Gandhi, for reasons best known to him, has been repeatedly defaming and abusing Savarkar on various occasions for over many years. on one such occasion, March 5, 2023, when Rahul Gandhi was addressing a gathering of the Overseas Congress in the United Kingdom, he intentionally made wild allegations against Savarkar, knowing the same to be untrue, to harm Savarkar’s reputation.”
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Himanta resigns as Assam CM, paving way for formation of new govt
Guwahati (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday resigned along with his cabinet colleagues, paving the way for formation of a new government led by the BJP, officials said.
The BJP-led NDA bagged 102 seats in the 126-member assembly. The assembly elections were held in a single phase on April 9, and counting of votes took place on May 4.
"Following the formal notification of the results of #AssamElections2026 and to enable the formation of the new government, Dr @himantabiswa tendered his resignation as Chief Minister along with that of the council of Ministers to Hon'ble Governor Shri @Laxmanacharya54 today at Lok Bhawan," the Chief Minister's Office said in a post on X.
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The Governor has accepted the resignation, and requested Sarma to continue as the caretaker CM till the new government assumes office, it said.
Later, speaking to reporters outside the Lok Bhawan, Sarma said the oath-taking ceremony is likely to take place after May 11.
“As it was a historic win, we have invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grace the occasion," he said.
The new Assam chief minister will be selected at a meeting of the BJP legislature party in presence of central observers, Sarma said.
