Rahul Gandhi on defamation case: In his first response after being convicted in a defamation case, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi invoked Mahatma Gandhi in a tweet. A court docket in Surat in Gujarat on Thursday sentenced Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to 2 years in jail in a 2019 legal defamation case filed in opposition to him over his “Modi surname” remarks who had made the remarks whereas addressing a rally at Kolar in Karnataka forward of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Gandhi was current in the court docket when the decision was pronounced. The case was filed in opposition to Gandhi for his alleged “how come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?” remarks on a criticism lodged by BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi.
In his tweet, the Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad quoted Mahatma Gandhi, “My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God, non-violence the means to get it – Mahatma Gandhi.”
Terming him as a ‘fearless chief’ Congress chief and his sister Priyanka Gandhi additionally reacted to the conviction. “The whole machinery of a scared power is trying to suppress the voice of Rahul Gandhiji by imposing price, punishment, discrimination. My brothers have never been afraid, nor will they ever be. Have lived speaking the truth, and will continue to speak the truth. Will continue to raise the voice of the people of the country. The power of truth and the love of crores of countrymen are with him.”
