Just a day after Congress chief Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from Lok Sabha, he held a press convention on the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters.
A reporter requested him why does he not apologise for his speech at a UK University as demanded by BJP, he stated, “My name is not Savarkar, it is Gandhi and Gandhi never apologises.”
He additional stated, “Let me speak in the Parliament. I asked to speak in the Parliament, twice I asked wrote to the speaker while a third time I presented myself physically.”
“I asked the Speaker to let me speak but he said it is not in my hands, then who has the power if not him?”, Gandhi stated. He additional stated, “Shall I ask Modiji but he will not allow me to speak.”
Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha after a court in Surat sentenced him to 2 years in jail in a defamation case on Thursday, filed on a grievance by BJP MLA Purnesh Modi for his alleged comment, “How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?”
Leaders of just about all opposition events rallied round Rahul Gandhi, after he was disqualified from the Lok Sabha and accused the BJP of doing “vindictive politics.
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