In what looks set to be another round in the bout between Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and the RSS.
Mr Gandhi is expected to make a personal appearance in a Guwahati court on Thursday over a case of criminal defamation against the Hindutva organisation.
RSS volunteer Anjan Bora filed a criminal case against Mr Gandhi for making false statements to tarnish the image of the RSS.
Mr Gandhi had said that women were made to sit at the entrance of a satra (a monastery) so that he would not be able to enter.
Mr Gandhi is facing another criminal defamation charge because of the speech he made in Bhiwandi. In the speech he had said that “people belonging to the RSS had killed Gandhiji and now they speak about Gandhi”.
The case started in a court in Bhiwandi and then went to the Mumbai high court before finally coming to the Supreme Court.
In the Supreme Court, the petitioner asked Mr Gandhi to read an apology which he refused. Now the case will go to trial in Bhiwandi.
The Congress now wants to make this issue a political one. The plank will be that Mr Gandhi is against the forces which killed Mahatma Gandhi. In his campaign rally in Uttar Pradesh, he targeted the RSS many times. Since the matter between him and the RSS has now gone to court Mr Gandhi wants to leave no stone unturned to ensure that political capital comes his way.
The Congress had said that it was high time that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat commented on the matter.
The Congress also says that many books and authors have also commented about RSS but the RSS has not filed any cases against any one of them. While this case is in Guwahati the Congress Vice President is also preparing for the other defamation case which is slated in November this year in Bhiwandi.
