Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was on August 16 nominated to the parliamentary standing committee on defence, days after his Lok Sabha membership was restored.
Supreme Court Stayed Rahul Gandhi’s Conviction In Criminal Defamation Case Over ‘Modi Surname’ Remark
Rahul Gandhi was a member of the parliamentary panel on defence before being disqualified in March. Earlier, on August 7, Lok Sabha Secretariat restored the membership of Gandhi after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in the ‘Modi surname’ remark case on August 4.
The Congress leader who was disqualified from the Lower House in March was reinstated as the Wayanad MP. The top court issued notice to the Gujarat government in July on an appeal of Gandhi challenging the Gujarat High Court order.
Earlier, in its order, the Gujarat High Court declined to stay his conviction in the criminal defamation case in which the Congress leader was sentenced to two years in jail by the Surat court over the ‘Modi surname’ remark.