Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, first time after his disqualification as an MP will go to his former Lok Sabha constituency on Tuesday. His sister and Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will accompany him. The duo will take part in varied actions organised by the UDF as a show of strength.
The brother-sister duo would first take part in a roadshow referred to as ‘Satyameva Jayate’ in Kalpetta right here in the afternoon. In the roadshow, solely the nationwide flag will probably be used as a substitute of the social gathering flags, the Congress mentioned.
Thereafter, there will probably be one other occasion — Cultural Democratic Defense — which has been organized as half of the convention and main cultural activists of Kerala are anticipated to participate in it, the social gathering mentioned.
They would even be talking at a public occasion right here in the afternoon.
Who all others will probably be in Wayanad’
Senior Congress leaders like AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal, KPCC president Okay Sudhakaran, Muslim League State President Panakkad Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal, AICC General Secretary Tariq Anwar and Leader of Opposition in the state meeting V D Satheesan, may also take part in the UDF-organised convention.
Rahul Gandhi’s response to disqualification
Gandhi, who has been granted bail until April 13 in the defamation case by a Surat courtroom in Gujarat, took a dig on the Modi authorities saying reality is his weapon and help too in the battle to save democracy towards ‘Mitrakal’. Taking to Twitter, Rahul Gandhi, “This is a fight to save democracy, against ‘Mitrakal’. In this struggle, truth is my weapon, and truth is my support”.
Earlier on April 4, Gandhi appeared in a Surat courtroom to enchantment towards his conviction in the ‘Modi Surname’ defamation case. He was accompanied by Priyanka Gandhi, together with Chief Ministers’ of Congress-ruled states.
The courtroom granted bail to Rahul Gandhi until April 13 and likewise set the date for the subsequent listening to in this case on the identical day. Additional Sessions Judge RP Mogera mentioned it’ll hear his plea for suspension of conviction on April 13 after issuing a discover to complainant Purnesh Modi, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and former Gujarat cupboard minister.
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The periods courtroom requested the respondent (Purnesh Modi) to file his reply by April 10.
“We had filed an application for Rahul Gandhi’s bail and suspension of sentence along with his appeal against conviction by a lower court. The (sessions) court heard the matter and granted him bail. The court kept the matter for hearing on the stay of his conviction for April 13,” a member of his authorized workforce instructed reporters. The courtroom mentioned that it will not be obligatory for Rahul to seem in courtroom in the course of the listening to of the case.
Rahul Gandhi & Wayanad
Then Congress President Rahul Gandhi contested from two seats in 2019 Lok Sabha election in which he gained from Wayanad however misplaced from Amethi, the constituency which he had been successful since 2004.
(With PTI enter)
