Stand By Every Word I Said on RSS: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: A day after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi told the Supreme Court that he had never blamed the RSS as an organisation for the killing of Mahatma Gandhi, a fresh controversy erupted on Thursday as Rahul tweeted that he stands by his comments on the RSS and would never stop fighting its "hateful and divisive agenda".

Rahul's counsel Kapil Sibal had clarified to the Supreme Court on Wednesday that he had not blamed the RSS as an organisation for Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, but only the people linked to it.

"Rahul Gandhi has always denied making the statement that the RSS as an organisation was responsible for Gandhiji's assassination," Sibal told the SC bench.

A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and RS Nariman, which was hearing the petition filed by Rahul challenging the summons issued to him as an accused in a defamation case, said it will dispose of the petition if the complainant agreed.

The bench, which posted the matter for September 1, asked the complainant's counsel and senior advocate UR Lalit to seek instruction whether the complainant was ready to end the case if Gandhi's statement is taken on record.

Earlier, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh had defended Rahul Gandhi saying that there has been no u-turn by the party Vice President on his remarks that RSS killed Mahatma Gandhi.

Singh said Rahul stands by his assertion that the person who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi was from the organisation.

Reacting to the fresh tweet, BJP leader GVL Narsimha Rao said, "This is a face saving exercise by Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party as they say two different things. While they have meekly surrendered in the court yesterday, his credibility is at stake as the people of this country have realised what he is upto".

Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi however defended the Rahul and said that BJP who is habitual of disowning their own people is doing the same now with Nathuram Godse.