Rahul Gandhi, in an ‘unconditional apology’ to the Supreme Court, said on Wednesday that he had ‘unintentionally and inadvertently’ linked its Rafale case order to his ‘Chowkidar chor hai’ phrase against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Congress president filed a new affidavit requesting the court to end the contempt case against him.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi has filed a three page affidavit stating his unconditional apology to Supreme Court for his remark on Rafale deal, “Supreme Court has accepted that “chowkidaar chor hai” https://t.co/UGBf8PR8D2
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“Unconditionally apologises for the wrongful attributions to this Hon’ble Court. The Deponent further states that any such attributions were entirely unintentional, non-willful and inadvertent,” the new affidavit said.
Gandhi also said that he holds the court in the highest esteem and respect and never sought or intended to, directly or indirectly, commit any act that interferes with the process of administration of justice.
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On April 30, Gandhi had promised to apologise in a fresh affidavit, for wrongly attributing the ‘Chowkidar chor hai’ remark to the top court. Rahul Gandhi’s original affidavit had expressed regret which, the BJP argued, was nowhere near an unqualified apology that was required for his comments.
The apex court is hearing the contempt of court case based on a petition filed by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi. Gandhi was sued by the BJP leader for his comments after the Supreme Court on April 10 ruled that classified documents accessed by the media can be used as evidence to consider a review of its earlier decision on the Rafale jet deal.