An FIR was lodged against Rahul Gandhi in Uttarakhand's Haldwani for allegedly giving a caste angle to the controversy surrounding Mallikarjun Kharge's rally venue.
The FIR was lodged in Uttarakhand
Aug 31, 2026
09:39 am
What's the storyAn FIR has been filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks on a "purification" ritual at a rally venue in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, where Congress president and Dalit leader Mallikarjun Kharge had addressed a crowd.
The case was registered under sections 196 and 299 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and section 3(1)(q) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
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Untouchability is a punishable offence and what happened at the venue in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani ‘is a crime’, Gandhi said.
