Lok Sabha membership cancelled after I made speech on Adani in Parl: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said his Lok Sabha membership was cancelled after he made a speech on Adani in Parliament.
Gandhi was addressing a public rally in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
Earlier this year, launching a strong attack on the government on the Adani issue, he had charged that Adani was working against the country by cornering the entire wealth.
«When we asked in Parliament what is the prime minister's relation with Adani our entire speech is expunged.
We will ask in Parliament thousands of times till the truth of Adani ji is out, we will not stop,» he had said at the 85th plenary session of the Congress amid applause.
He was disqualified as a Member of Parliament on March 24, 2023 after a Gujarat court convicted him and sentenced him to a two-year imprisonment on a petition filed by MLA Purnesh Modi, who claimed that a 2019 comment by the Congress leader on the Modi surname had defamed the entire Modi community.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat in August reinstated him as Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad constituency after the Supreme Court stayed the sentence of two years awarded to him in 2019 defamation case over 'Modi surname' remark.
The top court had said no reason has been given by the trial court judge for imposing maximum sentence and order of conviction needs to be stayed pending final adjudication.
