Updated On: 23 March, 2023 12:53 PM IST | Ahmedabad | PTI
The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate HH Varma sentenced Gandhi to two years in jail in a criminal defamation case over his `Modi surname" remark during an election rally in Karnataka in ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha election

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at Surat District Court. Pic/PTI
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi quoted Mahatma Gandhi in a tweet about truth and non-violence after a court in Surat in Gujarat on Thursday sentenced him to two years in jail in a criminal defamation case connected to his "Modi surname" remarks.
"My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God, non-violence the means to get it. -- Mahatma Gandhi," the Congress leader said in a tweet in Hindi soon after the court verdict.