rahul gandhi reaches supreme Court..!?
Former congress President rahul gandhi filed a petition in the supreme court on Saturday. congress leaders have moved the supreme court after the gujarat high court refused to stay the two-year sentence imposed by the surat court for commenting on Modi's surname. He has challenged the gujarat High Court's refusal. rahul Gandhi's lok sabha membership has been canceled after being sentenced to two years by the court,
He had applied for a stay in the gujarat high court against the sentence awarded to rahul gandhi in the defamation case by the surat court, but the high court refused to grant the stay while hearing on July 7. The court said that rahul Gandhi's demand to stay the conviction has no basis. There is no rule barring conviction. 10 cases are pending against rahul Gandhi. There is a need for purity in politics. gandhi used words against Veer Savarkar in Cambridge. After this, the grandson of Veer Savarkar filed a complaint against him in the pune court. Refusal to stay the conviction will not cause injustice to the applicant. There are no reasonable grounds for staying the conviction. The conviction is just and legal.
rahul was disqualified from parliament on march 24:
rahul gandhi was disqualified as a Member of parliament on 24 march 2023. On march 23, the surat court of gujarat sentenced him to two years in a defamation case. The court convicted him and sentenced him to two years in prison on charges of criminal defamation for his comments on the Modi surname.
What is the Modi surname issue?
During the 2019 lok sabha elections, while rallying in Kolar, Karnataka, rahul gandhi gave a controversial statement regarding Modi's surname. He had said, "How are all these thieves named Modi? Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi, narendra Modi. Many more Modis will be found if you search." Due to this, bjp mla and former gujarat minister Purnesh Modi complained. On march 23, surat Chief Judicial Magistrate HH Verma convicted rahul gandhi in a criminal defamation case and sentenced him to two years in prison.
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