U.S. Democrat Rohit ‘Ro’ Khanna. File Photo
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The new Co-Chair of the U.S. House of Representatives’ India Caucus, Indian American Congressman Ro Khanna, criticised, in sturdy phrases, the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from Parliament on Friday, saying it was a betrayal of Gandhian and Indian values.
“ The expulsion of Rahul Gandhi from parliament is a deep betrayal of Gandhian philosophy and India’s deepest values. This is not what my grandfather sacrificed years in jail for,” Mr Khanna stated on Twitter, as he appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reverse the choice.
“ @narendramodi you have the power to reverse this decision for the the sake of Indian democracy,” he wrote, in distinction to a muted and ambiguous response from the State Department that cited “ judicial independence” and the “rule of law”.
Mr Gandhi has not but appealed the choice of a Surat courtroom convicting and sentencing him to 2 years in jail in a 2019 defamation case, which had resulted within the disqualification.
