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- Published: March 23, 2023 11:05
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi convicted by Surat District Court for his alleged ‘Modi surname’ remark.
Surat District Court found him guilty in the criminal defamation case filed against him over his alleged ‘Modi surname’ remark.
Rahul Gandhi today reached Surat District Court.
In 2019, Rahul Gandhi allegedly said, “how come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?”
Surat court holds Rahul Gandhi ‘Guilty’ in criminal defamation case over his statement insulting Modi Surname
This is the speech! pic.twitter.com/RgcD5T0KPL
— Ankur Singh (@iAnkurSingh) March 23, 2023
Gandhi made the remarks at a rally in Karnataka’s Kolar in 2019 ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
#WATCH | Gujarat: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi reaches Surat District Court
The court is likely to pass an order in a criminal defamation case against him over his alleged ‘Modi surname’ remark. pic.twitter.com/uCz56SP5nz
— ANI (@ANI) March 23, 2023
Rahul Gandhi is in Gujarat after his Bharat Jodo Yatra. Congress MP was in Gujarat in December 2022 while campaigning for the Assembly elections.
The complaint against Rahul Gandhi was filed by BJP MLA Purnesh Modi who alleged that the Congress leader defamed the entire Modi community by his surname remarks.
Here is how BJP reacted:
#WATCH | “I welcome the judgement of the court,” says BJP MLA Purnesh Modi, who filed the complaint against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his ‘Modi surname’ remark. pic.twitter.com/hIGhavQCym
— ANI (@ANI) March 23, 2023
Court convicts Rahul Gandhi for his casteist and defamatory comment, targeting a section of the society. He is flippant and dangerous, who has no compunction deriding India and Indians. He had recently pleaded for Europe and US intervention in India’s internal affairs… Shameful. pic.twitter.com/k7LOYEkfju
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) March 23, 2023
Once a Liar. Always a Liar.
Serial offender Rahul Gandhi convicted by the Surat court & sentenced to 2 years’ imprisonment in the criminal defamation case filed against him over his “Modi Surname” remark.
He has been spearheading a negative information campaign against every… pic.twitter.com/cwIAEOFi7j— Manjinder Singh Sirsa (@mssirsa) March 23, 2023
It has been proven again that Rahul Gandhi is a persistent purveyor of fakery and falsehoods
Now, Rahul Gandhi has been held guilty for his defamatory statements
In hatred for one person they start attacking the entire samaj (OBC samaj), country and its institutions
Not the…
— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) March 23, 2023