Union Home Minister Amit Shah slammed Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who was disqualified from membership of the Parliament, saying he desires to proceed as an MP but did not attraction in the court.
“You want to continue as MP and yet won’t want to go to court, what kind of arrogance is this?” he requested.
Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification row snaballs
A day after being convicted in the ‘Modi surname’ 2019 defamation case, Rahul Gandhi on Friday was disqualified as Member of Parliament. On Thursday, a court in Gujarat’s Surat sentenced Congress chief Gandhi to 2 years in jail in a 2019 prison defamation case filed against him over his “Modi surname” remarks. However, quickly after the court granted him bail and a time interval of 30 days to attraction against the quantum of punishment. According to the data, the case was filed against Gandhi for his alleged “how come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?” He acknowledged this whereas addressing a rally at Kolar in Karnataka forward of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Notably, the criticism against his remarks was lodged by BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi.
Rahul triggers Savarkar row, upsets Thackeray
Just a day after Gandhi was disqualified from Lok Sabha, he held a press convention on the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters. When a reporter requested him why did he not apologise? He mentioned, “My name is not Savarkar, it is Gandhi and Gandhi never apologises.”
“So, my point is that, democracy is finished in this country, people cannot speak what is on their minds, institutions in this country are being attacked and the mechanism of that attack is the relationship between Narendra Modi and Adani,” the Congress chief mentioned. In his remarks on the presser, Gandhi mentioned he’ll maintain asking questions on the Adani problem.
“Ministers lied about me that I called for foreign intervention (abroad), I did not do so,” Gandhi mentioned.
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What is the Law
In its judgment dated July 10, 2013, the Supreme Court, whereas disposing the Lily Thomas v. Union of India case (together with Lok Prahari v. Union of India), dominated that any Member of Parliament (MP), Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) or Member of a Legislative Council (MLC) who is convicted of a criminal offense and given a minimal of two years’ imprisonment, loses membership of the House with rapid impact.
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Following Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification as a member of Lok Sabha, Gandhi served a discover to vacate the federal government bungalow allotted to him by April 22. The Housing Committee of the Lok Sabha took the choice following which the secretariat of the House served the discover on the previous Congress president, a Z-plus protectee who has been dwelling in the 12, Tughlaq Lane bungalow since 2005. The improvement is prone to additional escalate the political struggle between the BJP and the Congress and its allies who’ve focused the federal government over the problem.
Meanwhile, the Opposition events are persevering with their ‘black’ protest against the BJP-led authorities over the disqualification of Gandhi and “trampling upon democracy in the country.” On Monday, March 27, Opposition members additionally took out a march in the morning sporting black apparel or bands on Parliament premises as half of their protest.
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