New Delhi: SC has sought an explanation from Rahul Gandhi for purportedly pulling the apex court into his 'chowkidar chor hai' campaign against PM Narendra Modi. The Supreme Court on Monday said Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s comment that the Supreme Court has said “chowkidar chor hai” is wrongly attributed to the court and demanded an explanation from him in seven days.

also read: Menka Gandhi release another statement to threaten voters raise controversy

The BJP had approached the court against the Congress president's reported remark that even the "Supreme Court agrees that chowkidar is a chor". Clarifying that the comment made during Gandhi’s election campaign was wrongly attributed to the apex court, a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Deepak Gupta and Justice Sanjiv Khanna sought the “explanation” from the Congress President by April 22 and directed the hearing of the matter on April 23.

Rahul Gandhi had last week made the comment on SC. He said "I want to thank the Supreme Court. The entire country is saying that Chowkidar chor hai (Chowkidar has committed theft). It is a day of celebration that the Supreme Court has talked about justice," the Congress president had said in his constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP accused him of putting words in the mouth of the top court and sued him for contempt.

also read: FIR filed against Azam Khan over Sexist Khaki Underwear remark