Kathmandu, 20 April: A Surat sessions court on Thursday (April 20) dismissed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s plea for a stay on his conviction and two-year sentence in a defamation case.
The case is based on a complaint filed by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Purnesh Modi, based on a speech Gandhi had given in Kolar in 2019 in which he said, “I have a question. Why do all these thieves have Modi in their names whether it is Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi or Narendra Modi? We don’t know how many more such Modis will come out.” The complainant held that Gandhi had defamed all people whose surname is Modi.
If the Surat court had allowed Gandhi’s petition today, the Lok Sabha Secretariat would likely have had to restore his membership of the House.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that the party will avail of all the available legal options now, and appeal at the high court. Congress leader and senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi will brief the media about the party’s future legal course on Thursday evening. (PTI)
People’s News Monitoring Service
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