Rahul Gandhi Shocked After Surat Court Rejects His Plea

Rahul Gandhi | Surat/Hyderabad, April 20 (Maxim News): Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi got a big shock as the Surat Sessions Court in Gujarat rejected the request for a stay on his condition, the Court has dismissed his petition.

In a 2019 criminal defamation action involving his comments on the Modi surname, this resulted in his removal as a Member of Parliament. The order indicates that the Congress leader’s disqualification is still in effect. Rahul Gandhi was found guilty on March 23 and given a two-year prison term by a metropolitan magistrate. On March 24, Rahul Gandhi lost his seat as an MP for Kerala’s Wayanad.

Rahul Gandhi appealed the magistrate’s decision before the sessions court on April 3, He was then given bial until the outcome of his plea. In a speech in Karnataka, he said that his remarks on the Modi surname were not disparaging and had been minister preted.

Purmesh Modi, a lawmaker for the BJP who filed the complaint, referred to Raghu Gandhi as a repeat offender and described the Congressman’s appeal as a “dirty display of childish arrogance,” At an election rally in Kolar, Karnataka, in april 2019, Pumesh Modi asked Rahul Gandhi how all thieves have Modi as the common surname. he then filed a lawsuit against Rahul Gandhi under Sections 499 and 500 (defamation) of the Indian Criminal Code. (Maxim News)

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