Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
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The Aam Aadmi Party on March 23 got here out in help of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi after he was sentenced to 2 years in jail in a defamation case, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleging {that a} conspiracy was being hatched to “eliminate” non-BJP leaders and events by prosecuting them.
A courtroom in Gujarat’s Surat held Gandhi responsible of defamation for his 2019 “Modi surname” remarks. It additionally granted him bail and suspended the sentence for 30 days to permit him to attraction in a better courtroom.
“A conspiracy is being hatched to eliminate non-BJP leaders and parties by prosecuting them. We have differences with the Congress, but it is not right to implicate Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case like this. It is the job of the public and the opposition to ask questions. We respect the court but disagree with the decision,” Mr. Kejriwal mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.
AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha mentioned opposition kinds the core of democracy and dissent shouldn’t be stifled.
“Respectfully disagree with court verdict against Rahul Gandhi. Opposition forms the core of democracy. Dissent should not be stifled. India has a strong tradition of critique. Attempt to reduce this to the viewpoint of one ideology, one party, one leader is unconstitutional and undemocratic,” he tweeted.
Rahul Gandhi will get 2 years imprisonment
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment by an area courtroom in Gujarat’s Surat on March 23, 3023, in a prison defamation case filed against him over his comment on the “Modi surname” that he had allegedly made throughout campaigning for 2019 parliamentary polls. He was granted bail.
The classes courtroom in Surat quickly suspended the sentence for 30 days, in order that Mr. Gandhi can attraction in a better courtroom. The courtroom has given bail to him on ₹10,000 bond.
Mr. Gandhi was current on the courtroom when the decide handed the decision.
The prison defamation case was filed against him by Surat BJP MLA Purnesh Modi, who was earlier president of Surat metropolis BJP.
In his grievance, Mr. Purnesh Modi alleged that Mr. Gandhi whereas addressing a ballot rally in 2019 in Karnataka defamed the complete Modi neighborhood by saying “how come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?”
(With PTI inputs)
