Urmila Matondkar, who had unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha elections from the Mumbai North constituency, had written a letter dated May 16 to Mumbai Congress chief Milind Deora criticising the conduct of two close associates of Sanjay Nirupam.
Scindia had announced yesterday that taking responsibility for the party's defeat in the general elections, he has submitted his resignation from the post of general secretary to party president Rahul Gandhi.
Washington Post referred to the Nehru Gandhi dynasty as India's 'Founding Dynasty' in a report that highlighted the leadership crisis in the Congress party.
Addressing the media after the court hearing, Gandhi said that this is a fight for ideology and he is standing with the poor and farmers. "Attacks are happening, I am having fun," he said.
Rahul Gandhi will appear before an Ahmedabad court on July 9 for his “murder accused” reference to BJP chief Amit Shah. On July 12, he will appear before another Gujarat court in criminal defamation suits filed by the Ahmedabad District Co-operative bank and its chairman.