New Delhi, March 24 (Press Ki Taquat) – Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has been sentenced to two years in prison in a four-year-old defamation case. He made a controversial comment on ‘Modi Surname’.
BJP MLA Purnesh Modi filed a defamation case against Rahul for this comment. The court of Surat found him guilty on this matter and sentenced him to two years imprisonment. However, he got bail later. At the same time, the court suspended his sentence for 30 days, to give him a chance to appeal to a higher court.
In the 170-page order, the court said, “Rahul Gandhi could have restricted his speech to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya, Mehul Choksi and Anil Ambani if he wanted, but he ‘deliberately’ made such a statement.” given That people with surname Modi suffered.
However, the Congress is preparing to challenge the lower court’s decision to save Rahul’s membership. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that this decision will be challenged in the high court.