New Delhi (IANS) | The Delhi High Court on Wednesday fixed August 7 for hearing on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL). In this, a demand has been made to direct the CBI to investigate and prosecute Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Both the leaders have been accused of making misleading statements against the central government. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramaniam Prasad granted time to the petitioner to file certain documents.
The court has fixed the matter for further hearing on August 7.
Petitioner, social activist and farmer Surjit Singh Yadav, in a PIL filed through advocate Barun Kumar Sinha, has also sought the court’s direction to the news channels to remove false and misleading statements of the two leaders.
It has been said in the petition that both the leaders have made a false and misleading claim on the central government to forgive lakhs of crores of rupees to the capitalists. This has affected the prestige of the government.
–IANS
