Cong leader threatens to "chop off" judge's tongue who sentenced Rahul; booked

A Congress leader in Tamil Nadus Dindgul district has been booked for allegedly threatened to chop off the tongue of the judge who delivered the verdict against Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 criminal defamation caseThe Dindigul Police on Saturday registered a case against Congress Dindigul district president Manikandan over his controversial remark against the judge who delivered the verdict against Rahul GandhiA case has been registered against Congress leader Manikandan under three sections of IPC including 153B for his remarks An investigation is underway officials saidManikandan made the remark during a protesting against Rahul Gandhis disqualification in Tamil Nadus Dindigul on April 6Also Read Rahul Gandhi is not MP any more he can appear in defamation case in Thane Complainant tells courtWhen we will come to power we will chop off the tongue of the judge who delivered the verdict to send our leader Rahul Gandhi to jail Manikandan saidCongress leader Rahul Gandhi lost membership of the Lower House of Parliament after a Surat court convicted and sentenced him in a 2019 criminal defamation case The case pertained to a remark he made using the surname Modi while addressing a campaign event ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha electionsThe matter pertains to Rahuls remarks at a rally in Karnatakas Kolar in April 2019 Rahul in a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi said How come all the thieves have Modi as the common surnameFollowing his conviction Rahul was disqualified as an MP on March 24 as per a Supreme Court ruling in 2013 Under the ruling any MP or MLA stands to be disqualified automatically if convicted and sentenced to 2 years or moreThe Lok Sabha Secretariat on March 27 issued a notice to Rahul Gandhi asking him to vacate his government bungalow following his disqualification as an MPAs per the notice the allotment of his government bungalow will be cancelled with effect from April 24In a letter to Deputy Secretary MS Branch Lok Sabha Secretariat dated March 28 Rahul Gandhi said that he owes the happy memories of his time spent at the bungalow to the mandate of the peopleAs an elected Member of Lok Sabha over last four terms it is the mandate of the people to which I owe the happy memories of my time spent here Without prejudice to my rights I will of course abide by the details contained in your letter Rahul Gandhi wroteThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever