‘Modi surname’ defamation case: The drawback appears to be not getting over for Congress chief Rahul Gandhi within the ‘Modi surname’ defamation case as a court in Patna has requested him to look earlier than it on April 25.
According to experiences, the defamation case within the MP/MLA court was lodged by BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP and former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi. Earlier on March 18, The MP/MLA court of Special Judicial Magistrate Aadi Dev had handed an order asking the previous Wayanad MP to look earlier than it on April 12.
However, through the listening to on Wednesday, the defence counsel sought one other date stating that all the workforce was busy with the Surat case, wherein Gandhi was sentenced to 2 years in jail and disqualified from the Lok Sabha.
To this, the decide requested Gandhi’s counsel to make sure his bodily look earlier than the court on the subsequent date of listening to within the case on April 25.
Prosecution lawyer Priya Gupta instructed reporters that statements from the complainant’s aspect have been recorded and all proof submitted to the court and now solely the assertion of Gandhi is to be recorded.
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Surat court sentences Rahul Gandhi to 2 years in jail
It needs to be talked about right here {that a} court in Gujarat’s Surat sentenced Congress chief Gandhi to 2 years in jail in a 2019 felony defamation case filed towards him over his “Modi surname” remarks. A case was filed towards Gandhi for his alleged “How come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?”
He said this whereas addressing a rally at Kolar in Karnataka forward of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Notably, the criticism towards his remarks was lodged by BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi.
(With inputs from PTI)
