Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appeared before the MP-MLA court here on Friday for a hearing in a defamation case.The court fixed August 12 as the next date of hearing in the matter when the statement of the petitioner will be recorded.
Court sources said Gandhi need not appear in the court again on that date.Congress district president Abhishek Singh Rana confirmed that Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, appeared in the court.