Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi‘s parliamentary membership has been restored, days after the Supreme Court of India put on hold his conviction in a 2019 defamation case over his ‘Modi surname’ remark.
Rahul Gandhi Back As Lok Sabha MP
Gandhi was disqualified as a Lok Sabha MP after a Gujarat court convicted him in a defamation case over his ‘Modi surname’ remark. The Supreme Court on August 4 stayed Gandhi’s conviction in the criminal defamation case.
The Court further remarked that the trial judge of a Surat court had not provided sufficient reasons for imposing the maximum sentence of two years.
The Congress leader was serving as an MP from the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala from 2019 before being disqualified after his conviction.
Gandhi had gone to the Supreme Court after the Gujarat High Court dismissed his petition seeking to put his conviction on hold while the session court heard his appeal to cancel the conviction absolutely.
