Rahul Gandhi To Move Session Court Against Conviction In Modi Surname Defamation Case

Mr. Rahul Gandhi, the former President of the Indian National Congress (INC) would appear in a Gujarat court today to appeal against his conviction in a defamation case.

Notably, a Surat Court convicted Mr. Rahul Gandhi for two years imprisonment in the 2019 defamation case. On the 23rd of March, the Surat Court convicted Mr. Rahul Gandhi for his remark insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over surname Modi. In a 2019 public rally said, people with surname ‘Modi’ are thieves.

After the conviction, the Lok Sabha secretariat issued a notice to Wayanad Member of Parliament (MP) Rahul Gandhi and disqualified him as the Lok Sabha MP.

Reacting to these political developments and legal conviction, former MP Rahul Gandhi is set to move a plea in Surat's sessions court, seeking to set aside the Magistrate order convicting him. The sources also confirmed that Mr. Rahul Gandhi would also ask for an interim stay on the conviction which would also restore his Lok Sabha membership.

Mr. Rahul Gandhi who is in Surat would be accompanied by his sister Ms. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and the Chief Ministers of three Congress ruled states, Mr. Ashok Gehlot (Rajasthan,) Mr. Bhupesh Baghel (Chhattisgarh) and Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (Himachal Pradesh.)