Rahul Gandhi was recently disqualified as a parliament MP after the Gujarat’s court order.
New Delhi:
Rahul Gandhi will appear in a Gujarat court today to appeal against his conviction and two-year sentencing in a 2019 defamation case.
The Congress leader will appeal to the sessions court in Surat to set aside the Magistrate order convicting him in the defamation case for a remark seen as an insult to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The former Congress president, sources say, will also ask for an interim stay on the conviction which would also restore his Lok Sabha membership.
Rahul Gandhi will be accompanied by his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and the Chief Ministers of three Congress-ruled states – Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel and Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
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Rahul Gandhi will be represented in the court by senior advocate RS Cheema.
#WATCH | Rahul Gandhi has said that he will not get afraid. He will not bow down before Amit Shah, Modi. He will go before the judiciary itself. On one hand, you are saying that he should go to court but when he is going you are having a problem with it: Congress MP AR Chowdhury pic.twitter.com/avNAhr7eUE
– ANI (@ANI) April 3, 2023
Congress leaders in Surat to lend moral support to Rahul Gandhi: Party chief
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said that party leaders are going to Surat to lend moral support to the Congress leader. “There is no show of strength in Surat. Our leaders are going there for Rahul’s moral support,” he told reporters.
Rahul Gandhi will be accompanied by his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and the Chief Ministers of three Congress-ruled states – Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel and Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as a parliament MP after the Gujarat’s court sentenced him to two-years in a 2019 defamation case.
Rahul Gandhi will seek stay on conviction: Sources
Rahul Gandhi, sources say, will also ask for an interim stay on the conviction which would also restore his Lok Sabha membership.
Rahul Gandhi in Surat court today to challenge conviction
Rahul Gandhi will appear in a Gujarat court today to appeal against his conviction and two-year sentencing in a 2019 defamation case. The Congress leader will appeal to the sessions court in Surat to set aside the Magistrate order convicting him in the defamation case for a remark seen as an insult to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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