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SP threatens to sue ex-MLA for rape PIL against Rahul Gandhi
The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday threatened legal action against its former MLA from Madhya Pradesh Kishore Samrite, who filed a PIL against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accusing him of rape and who has now claimed he did so at the behest of his party leadership. The party also distanced itself from him saying he was expelled from the Samajwadi Party in 2009.
“The central leadership has directed the Uttar Pradesh unit to serve him a legal notice seeking explanation as to why Kishore Samrite was misusing the party’s name...if he continues to misuse the party’s name, the Madhya Pradesh unit has been directed to lodge an FIR against him and seek legal recourse,” a statement issued by Samajwadi Party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav said here.
The SP’s move comes a day after Samrite told the Supreme Court that it was his party top brass which had asked him to file a PIL against Rahul Gandhi in the Allahabad High Court in 2010.
Responding to an apex court notice, the Akhilesh Yadav Government had reportedly termed Samrite as mentally imbalanced. The SP said after losing the Balaghat Lok Sabha election on SP ticket, Samrite had made some “objectionable” statements following which the Madhya Pradesh unit had expelled him. “Since then, he is not a member of the Samajwadi Party,” Yadav said in the statement.
The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday threatened legal action against its former MLA from Madhya Pradesh Kishore Samrite, who filed a PIL against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accusing him of rape and who has now claimed he did so at the behest of his party leadership. The party also distanced itself from him saying he was expelled from the Samajwadi Party in 2009.
“The central leadership has directed the Uttar Pradesh unit to serve him a legal notice seeking explanation as to why Kishore Samrite was misusing the party’s name...if he continues to misuse the party’s name, the Madhya Pradesh unit has been directed to lodge an FIR against him and seek legal recourse,” a statement issued by Samajwadi Party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav said here.
The SP’s move comes a day after Samrite told the Supreme Court that it was his party top brass which had asked him to file a PIL against Rahul Gandhi in the Allahabad High Court in 2010.
Responding to an apex court notice, the Akhilesh Yadav Government had reportedly termed Samrite as mentally imbalanced. The SP said after losing the Balaghat Lok Sabha election on SP ticket, Samrite had made some “objectionable” statements following which the Madhya Pradesh unit had expelled him. “Since then, he is not a member of the Samajwadi Party,” Yadav said in the statement.
