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The complainant has sought action against the Congress general secretary for passing such remarks.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint has been lodged under penal provisions related to defamation and promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A defamation complaint was Monday lodged in a court in Jharkhand&#8217;s capital Ranchi against Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for equating the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) with the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). Asish Kumar Singh, a resident of Ranchi, lodged the complaint in a chief judicial magistrate (CJM) court. 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