Rahul Gandhi Disqualified From Parliament Day After Conviction In Defamation Case

Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified from the Parliament day after his conviction in a criminal defamation case.

He was convicted by a Surat court after BJP leader Purnesh Modi filed a plea against Gandhi for his 2019 remark during a poll rally where he said, “How come all these thieves have Modi as their common surname?”

The Lok Sabha secretariat notice said that Gandhi, the MP from Wayanad, was being suspended “consequent upon conviction” by the Surat court.

On Thursday, Chief Judicial Magistrate HH Varma found Gandhi guilty under sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code and imposed a fine of Rs 15,000.

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