Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Thursday welcomed the conviction of Rahul Gandhi for his remarks over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname and stated he must also be booked for ‘insulting’ nationwide icons like V D Savarkar and ‘defaming’ the nation overseas. Shiv Sena spokesperson Sheetal Mhatre stated Gandhi is used to creating private feedback. “He should also be booked for insulting national icons like Veer Savarkar and defaming the country abroad (a reference to Gandhi’s recent comments at Cambridge University which has stoked controversy),” Mhatre stated. A courtroom in Surat in Gujarat on Thursday sentenced Gandhi to 2 years in jail in a 2019 prison defamation case filed towards him over his Modi surname remarks.
The courtroom additionally granted bail and a suspended sentence for 30 days to permit him to enchantment to a better courtroom after discovering him responsible beneath Indian Penal Code sections 499 and 500.
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The case was filed towards Gandhi for his alleged ‘how come all of the thieves have Modi because the frequent surname’ remarks on a grievance lodged by BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi.
The Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad made the remarks whereas addressing a rally at Kolar in Karnataka forward of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Reacting to the conviction information towards him, the previous Congress chief took to his official social media accounts and posted a quote from Mahatma Gandhi.
“My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising him,” Rahul wrote certainly one of Mahatma Gandhi’s quotes in Hindi on his Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts.
मेरा धर्म सत्य और अहिंसा पर आधारित है। सत्य मेरा भगवान है, अहिंसा उसे पाने का साधन।
– महात्मा गांधी
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 23, 2023
