India, July 25 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court accusing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of deliberately spreading hatred by commenting against Hindutva Ideologue, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, during his 2022 Bharat Jodo Yatra.

The affidavit dated July 23, filed in response to a notice on Gandhi's plea to quash a Lucknow court summons over the comments, argued against any relief ahead of the hearing in the matter on Friday. It pleaded for the dismissal of Gandhi's plea.

The affidavit said that allegations of promoting enmity and public mischief under the Indian Penal Code's sections 153A and 505 are applicable against Gandhi. It cited the investigation in the case and added that it indicated delibera...