New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi has not tendered any “apology” or exhibited “remorse” in his explanation filed in the apex court over his remark on the Rafale case verdict, BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi told the Supreme Court Monday.
Lekhi, who has filed a criminal contempt petition against Gandhi over his “chowkidar chor hai” remark after the Rafale verdict, which the apex court had said was “incorrectly attributed” to it, submitted a rejoinder affidavit in the top court. The apex court is scheduled to hear the Lekhi’s contempt petition on Tuesday.
“I state and submit that from the tone, tenor and the language used in the purported explanation of the alleged contemnor (Gandhi), it is clear that the alleged contemnor has not tendered any apology or exhibited any remorse in the affidavit,” she said.
She said that Gandhi further made false and contradictory statements in the affidavit “which itself amounts to contempt of court”In the garb of a bona fide general perception,” Lekhi said, Gandhi has sought to justify the “contemptuous statements” made by him rather than submitting an “unconditional apology” to the court.
