Pune, Aug. 13 -- In a Savarkar defamation case against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, his lawyer Milind Pawar on Wednesday said that he will withdraw the plea claiming 'threat to life' to the Leader of Opposition.

This comes after Rahul Gandhi raised "strong exception" to the contents of the application filed by his lawyer, Pawar, who told a Pune court that there was a "threat" to the Congress leader's life from the followers of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

Pawar had filed the previous application regarding an alleged threat to Gandhi's life without consulting the Leader of Opposition (LoP).

The lawyer is representing Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed by Satyaki Savarkar, the grandnephew of freedom fighter Savarkar.

Speaking to ANI, law...