Allahabad High Court setback to Rahul Gandhi over religious freedom for Sikhs remark in US

The Allahabad High Court on Friday (September 26, 2025) dismissed Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s plea against an order of the Varanasi MP/MLA Sessions Court over the Congress leader’s remarks in the United States in relation to the Sikh community.

Mr. Gandhi sought for the remanding of the plea for FIR against him, over his purported utterances in the US, to the magistrate court to decide afresh. Justice Sameer Jain was hearing the plea.

One Nageshwar Mishra of Varanasi was stated to have filed an application before magisterial court dealing with MP/MLA cases in Varanasi.