Surat court will pronounce its order today on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's plea, seeking a stay on his conviction in the criminal defamation case over his 'Modi surname' remark.
Surat Court will pass order on an interim application filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seeking a stay on his conviction in a 2019 defamation case on 'Modi surname' remark on April 20.
Satyaki Savarkar, the grandson of one of the siblings of poet and freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, filed a criminal defamation complaint against Rahul over his remarks against the saffron ideologue.
Disqualified Rahul Gandhi is losing the confidence of the people of his former Wayanad constituency, due to his immature comments in and outside parliament on Indian democracy and targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government for political gains, the BJP leader said.
Rahul Gandhi lost membership in the Lower House of Parliament after a Surat court convicted and sentenced him in a 2019 criminal defamation case. The case pertained to a remark he made using the surname 'Modi' while addressing a campaign event ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that he will be file a defamation suit against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his tweet linking him to the Adani Group.
Responding to Tamil Nadu Congress leader's derogatory remark against the judge who sentenced Rahul Gandhi to two years in jail, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that it describes the congress party that is full of "lumpen element".
Addressing the media Former Union Finance Minister said, "The party (Congress) wants all the opposition parties to unite and continue to fight against the dictatorship of the Modi government."
"We need not be so thin-skinned, I think it's very important that as govt we take something in stride. If we react to every comment, we are doing ourselves a disservice. I will strongly urge EAM Jaishankar to cool a little bit," said Tharoor.
The court said it will hear his plea for suspension of Rahul Gandhi's conviction on April 13 and issued notice to Purnesh Modi, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, the complainant in the case