Rahul Gandhi In Surat Court Today To Challenge Conviction
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03 April, 2023 01:10 pm IST
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will appear in a Gujarat court on Monday to appeal against his conviction and two-year sentencing in a 2019 defamation case.
Rahul Gandhi is likely to move a plea in Surat's sessions court to set aside the Magistrate order convicting him in the defamation case for a remark seen as an insult to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The former Congress president, sources say, will ask for an interim stay on the conviction which would also restore his Lok Sabha membership. He will be represented in the court by senior advocate RS Cheema.
Gandhi, who was recently disqualified as a parliament MP after the Gujarat's court order, will be accompanied by his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and the Chief Ministers of three Congress-ruled states - Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel and Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
In the meantime, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) called Mr Gandhi's visit to Surat with his sister and some party leaders as "a childish attempt" to pressurise the judiciary.
"Rahul Gandhi might be going to Surat to file an Appeal. It is not required of a convict to go personally to file an Appeal. Generally, no convict goes personally. His going personally with a motley group of leaders and aides accompanying him is only a drama," Law Minister Kiren Rijiju tweeted.
Meanwhile, the Congress said the party leaders were accompanying Rahul Gandhi to Surat for moral support and denied the visit was a "show of strength." "It's not a show of strength. He is fighting for the country. They are going with him to support him in his fight," said Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.
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