New Delhi: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is more likely to journey to Sural to enchantment towards his conviction in a felony defamation case by a trial courtroom right here. According to get together sources, Rahul Gandhi, alongside along with his sister and Congress normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi, will depart for Surat in a chartered airplane. They are anticipated to succeed in Sural round 12.30, stated sources. Extending their help to Rahul Gandhi, chief ministers of Congress-ruled states – Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan – may even arrive in Surat at the moment.
Rahul Gandhi will likely be current within the courtroom when the plea will likely be filed towards the decrease courtroom’s order sentencing him to 2 years in jail within the ‘Modi surname’ case, in keeping with Kirit C Panwala, the Congress chief’s counsel. Earlier on Sunday, Rahul Gandhi met his mom and former get together president Sonia Gandhi forward of his look in a Surat courtroom to enchantment towards his conviction within the case.
Rahul met Sonia Gandhi at a lodge within the nationwide capital for greater than 1.5 hours. He was accompanied by his brother-in-law Robert Vadra.
Rahul Gandhi’s Conviction in Modi Surname Case
The courtroom of CJM HH Varma had on March 23 sentenced Rahul Gandhi to 2 years in jail within the 2019 felony defamation case filed towards him over his ‘Modi surname’ remarks. He was disqualified from the Lok Sabha the next day.
The delay by Rahul to file an enchantment towards the March 23 order led to hypothesis that it may be a deliberate political transfer to garner sympathy by projecting the Congress chief as a “victim of vendetta politics”.
Congress sources, nonetheless, stated that Rahul’s authorized staff was taking time in drafting the enchantment as the decision within the case would have a bearing on related instances towards him in Patna and Ranchi.
The defamation case was filed towards Gandhi by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi for saying, “How come all thieves have the common surname, Modi?”
Gandhi additionally faces one other defamation case filed by former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi for his 2019 remarks. A Patna courtroom has reportedly directed the Congress chief to seem earlier than it on April 12 in reference to the case.
After the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi`s membership from the Lok Sabha, the Congress has been vocal in protests everywhere in the nation. The grand previous get together has been making an effort to rally like-minded Opposition events round it within the wake of Rahul`s loss membership of the Lower House.
Rahul`s disqualification is the most recent in a collection of flashpoints between the Congress and the ruling BJP, with a united Opposition calling it a ploy to divert public consideration from the Adani situation.
