New Delhi: A day before the contempt case comes up as tagged with the Rafale review hearing on Tuesday, Rahul said in his reply that he did not have the slightest or remotest intention to bring to top court in the political arena or any disrepute.
“It is also clear that no court would ever do that and hence the unfortunate references (for which I express regret) to the court order and to the political slogan in juxtaposition the same breath in the heat of political campaigning was ought not to be construed as suggesting that the court had given any finding or conclusion on that issue,” says the affidavit in repetition of his earlier affidavit last week.
The Supreme Court had on April 23 issued notice to Rahul on a criminal contempt petition filed against him by Lekhi for his remarks while exempting him from personal appearance on Tuesday.
Explaining the context of his statement on April 10, he said he had purely politically sought to counter the repeated “misinformation” by several limbs of the government and the ruling party that The Apex Court”s December 14 order constitutes a “clean chit to the government.”
“It is also noteworthy that the Rafale issue which had been and continues to be one of the most prominent political and social issues in this country for many months and despite the matter being sub judice it has been the subject of incessant discussion in civil society and the media,” he said.
