Rahul Gandhi Wayanad visit: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will visit his former constituency Wayanad in Kerala tomorrow (April 11), the first time after his disqualification as an MP over ‘Modi’ defamation case. During his visit, he’ll deal with a public rally and maintain a roadshow organised by Congress.
Rahul Gandhi’s response to disqualification
Gandhi, who has been granted bail until April 13 within the defamation case by a Surat court docket in Gujarat, took a dig on the Modi authorities saying reality is his weapon and assist too within the combat to save democracy in opposition to ‘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 court docket to enchantment in opposition to his conviction within the ‘Modi Surname’ defamation case. He was accompanied by Priyanka Gandhi, together with Chief Ministers’ of Congress-ruled states.
The court docket granted bail to Rahul Gandhi until April 13 and likewise set the date for the subsequent listening to on this case on the identical day. Additional Sessions Judge RP Mogera mentioned it is going to 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.
The periods court docket 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 staff instructed reporters. The court docket mentioned that it will not be needed for Rahul to seem in court docket 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 during which he gained from Wayanad however misplaced from Amethi, the constituency which he had been successful since 2004.
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