Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday offered to file a fresh affidavit in the Rafale contempt case after the Supreme Court made it clear that the judges weren’t convinced with his last affidavit that ran into 22 pages but did not spell out that he regretted his statement. “You take 22 pages to express regret… but where is the complete regret,” Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi told the Congress president’s lawyer Abhishek Singhvi on Tuesday. Singhvi attempted to convince the judges that Rahul Gandhi had clearly regretted the mistake. This would be Rahul Gandhi’s third affidavit in the contempt case filed against him by BJP lawmaker Meenakshi Lekhi for incorrectly attributing his political slogan, chowkidar chor hai, to the judges. In his previous similarly-worded affidavits, Rahul Gandhi had told the court that his remarks were not meant to obstruct administration of justice or scandalise the court in any manner.

Source: Hindustan Times April 30, 2019 09:59 UTC