Rahul Gandhi is likely to appear in person before the Surat court on Monday, to appeal against his conviction. As per Congress sources, the former Congress MP from Kerala’s Wayanad will plead for innocence in court in person.
Rahul Gandhi was sentenced to a two-year jail term in a criminal defamation case and subsequently lost his Lok Sabha membership. As per the allegations, Rahul Gandhi, during Congress’s election campaign in Kolar in 2019, made derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname, which resulted in his conviction by a Gujarat local court on March 23.
The court convicted the Congress leader for his “all thieves have Modi surname” remark under 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
