New Delhi: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday (April 3, 2023) launched a scathing assault on Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who’s more likely to be in Gujarat’s Surat to file an enchantment in a court docket towards his conviction in a prison defamation case over his “Modi surname” remarks. In a tweet, Rijiju known as Rahul going personally to the Surat Court “a drama”.
“Rahul Gandhi might be going to Surat to file an Appeal. It is not required of a convict to go personally to file an Appeal. Generally, no convict goes personally. His going personally with a motley group of leaders and aides accompanying him is only a drama,” he mentioned.
“What Rahul Gandhi is doing is also a childish attempt to bring pressure on the appellate court. All courts in the country are immune from such tactics,” he added and tagged Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Sambit Patra’s press convention video, during which he mentioned that the previous Congress MP goes to Surat together with his household and a few of his social gathering colleagues “with pomp and show” to “repeat and add to the insult” of the OBC group.
What Rahul Gandhi is doing can also be a infantile try to carry strain on the appellate court docket. All courts within the nation are immune from such ways.
Do hear in to BJP National Spokesperson @sambitswaraj name out the Congress ways. https://t.co/wUpBRppR4b
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) April 3, 2023
Earlier within the day, Patra had alleged that the group of Congress leaders together with the chief ministers of some Congress-ruled states will create “mayhem” within the identify of interesting towards the decrease court docket’s order convicting Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 prison defamation case over his ‘Modi surname’ comment.
“Rahul Gandhi, his family members, CMs Ashok Gehlot and Bhupesh Baghel are going to Surat and will be creating mayhem in the name of appealing (against the 2-year sentence) verdict. What’s the need for this ruckus?” Patra mentioned at a presser.
“It’s unfortunate that Rahul Gandhi made shameful remarks about the OBC community. Now, he’s questioning the judicial processes. Everyone can appeal, it’s a democratic right; but for doing this, not a ‘factory’ of advocates is required,” he added.
As per reviews, Rahul Gandhi’s matter is more likely to be taken up for listening to by the periods court docket on Monday itself.
Congress common secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Congress Rajya Sabha member Ok C Venugopal and different senior social gathering leaders can even be in Surat.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu are additionally more likely to be within the metropolis as Gandhi strikes the court docket.
The court docket of Chief Judicial Magistrate H H Varma in Surat had on March 23 convicted the previous Congress chief and sentenced him to 2 years in jail in a 2019 prison defamation case filed towards him over his “Modi surname” remarks.Â
It had held him responsible underneath Indian Penal Code sections 499 and 500. The court docket had additionally granted him bail and suspended the sentence for 30 days to enchantment in a better court docket.
Rahul was on March 24 disqualified from the Lok Sabha following his conviction by the Surat court docket within the case.
It is notable that the defamation case was filed towards Gandhi on a criticism by BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi for the Congress chief’s alleged remarks “How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?”
Gandhi made the remarks whereas addressing a rally in Karnataka in 2019 in the course of the Lok Sabha elections marketing campaign.
