A remark, a disqualification, a stay order later, Rahul Gandhi stepped into LS today: Timeline of Modi surname case
Rahul Gandhi returned to the parliament four months after he had been disqualified within twenty six hours of a trial court in Surat, Gujarat, found him guilty. Rahul Gandhi's return to the Lok Sabha seems opportune in boosting the profile of the Opposition INDIA bloc and the Congress party when the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government has been slapped with a no-confidence motion regarding the Manipur violence.
As Rahul Gandhi resumes his stint as the political leader in the parliament, here's taking a look at the timeline that kept the Congress out of the Parliament for four months. 13 April 2019: At a rally in Karnataka's Kolar in April 2019, Rahul Gandhi, in an alleged dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had said, "How come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?".
The alleged comment had been made in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. (No brownie points in guessing the development in the case came just ahead of the crucial 2024 Lok Sabha Elections) Following this Purnesh Modi, a former Minister in the Gujarat government, and a Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader had filed a criminal defamation case in 2019 against Gandhi 23 March 2023: A trial court in Surat convicted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for the remark and gave him maximum punishment that included two years in prison and a disqualification as the Wayanad MP.
He was also disqualified from contesting elections. Later the Court approved Gandhi’s bail on a surety of ₹15,000 and suspended the sentence for 30 days to allow him to appeal.
24 March 2023: The day after Rahul Gandhi was convicted by the trial court in Surat, the Congress leader was disqualified from the Lok Sabha. A notice issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat said he stood
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