Rahul Gandhi defamation case: Surat court extends his bail till April 13, next hearing on May 3
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been granted bail by the Surat Sessions Court in a defamation case. Now the next hearing in this matter will be on 13 April. Significantly, Rahul Gandhi was recently sentenced by the court for using the Modi surname, after which he was disqualified as a Lok Sabha MP. On Monday, Gandhi arrived in Gujarat’s Surat to file an appeal against his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark.
Rahul will return to Delhi today, will not go to jail for the time being
Rahul Gandhi will return to Delhi today itself. They do not need to appear in court. Though Rahul’s sentence has not been quashed, he will not go to jail either. Rahul has got bail from Surat Sessions Court.
Sambit Patra targeted
BJP leader Sambit Patra has taunted the Congress for going to the court for appeal against the sentence of Rahul Gandhi and said that they are creating havoc in the name of appeal (against the sentence of 2 years). Are they trying to put pressure on the judiciary?
what is the whole matter
On March 23, the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate HH Verma in Surat convicted Rahul Gandhi, 52, and sentenced him to two years in prison in a criminal defamation case filed against him over his “Modi surname” remark in 2019.
The very next day after the sentence was pronounced, the former Congress President was disqualified from the Lok Sabha. Following his disqualification, Rahul Gandhi will not be able to contest elections for eight years, unless a High Court stays his conviction.
The matter pertains to Rahul’s alleged statement that “how come all thieves have the surname Modi?” Gandhi made the remark while addressing a rally in Kolar, Karnataka on April 13, 2019, during the Lok Sabha election campaign. On this statement of Rahul, BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi had filed a complaint.
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