By Online Desk
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court delivered its verdict on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his Modi surname remark. The court has refused to stay his conviction and two-year jail term in a criminal defamation case, costing him his Parliament membership.
On March 23, a Surat magistrate court convicted Gandhi to two years of simple imprisonment in a complaint of criminal defamation filed by Surat West MLA Purnesh Modi, over his remark “why all thieves share the Modi surname” during a political campaign at Kolar in Karnataka in April 2019. Following the verdict, Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as an MP.
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AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court delivered its verdict on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his Modi surname remark. The court has refused to stay his conviction and two-year jail term in a criminal defamation case, costing him his Parliament membership.
On March 23, a Surat magistrate court convicted Gandhi to two years of simple imprisonment in a complaint of criminal defamation filed by Surat West MLA Purnesh Modi, over his remark “why all thieves share the Modi surname” during a political campaign at Kolar in Karnataka in April 2019. Following the verdict, Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as an MP.
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