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Rahul Gandhi gets 30 days to challenge defamation verdict
Updated On: 24 March, 2023 08:16 AM IST | Surat | Agencies
Experts say he won’t lose membership of the Lok Sabha if a higher court stays his conviction
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Rahul Gandhi arrives in Delhi after the verdict, on Thursday. Pic/PTI
A court in Surat in Gujarat on Thursday sentenced Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to two years in jail in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed over his “Modi surname” remarks. Chief Judicial Magistrate HH Varma, who held Gandhi guilty under IPC Sections 499 (defamation) and 500 (punishment for defamation), also granted him bail and suspended the sentence for 30 days to allow him to appeal in a higher court, his lawyer Babu Mangukiya said.
Reacting to the ruling later, Rahul tweeted, “My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God, non-violence the means to get it. — Mahatma Gandhi [sic].” The Congress said Gandhi will file an appeal against the Surat court’s order. The BJP was “scared” of the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi, and upset due to the way Rahul Gandhi took out the Bharat Jodo padyatra, giving fearless statements and exposing corruption, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said.
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