Congress plans mega protests towards Rahul’s conviction
3 min readBy IANS
NEW DELHI: Following senior Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s conviction by a Surat courtroom in a felony defamation case on Thursday, the celebration has deliberate mega protests within the coming days, taking all like-minded events alongside.
Congress President and Leader of Opposition within the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, has known as a gathering of the opposition events on Friday, following which the MPs will march to the Vijay Chowk. On Friday night, all of the state Congress Presidents and legislative celebration leaders have been known as for a gathering to chalk out plans for nation-wide protests.
According to sources, the Congress management has additionally sought time to satisfy President Droupadi Murmu on this problem.
The choices have been taken at a gathering of Congress MPs and steering committee members held at Kharge’s residence.
Senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh stated, “This is not just a legal issue, but political as well since the ruling party wants to intimidate the opposition leaders.”
On Thursday morning, Rahul Gandhi was discovered responsible and sentenced to 2 years in jail in a 2019 felony defamation case over his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname. The Congress chief, nonetheless, was granted bail and his sentence was suspended for 30 days to permit him to enchantment the Surat courtroom verdict.
The case was filed towards Rahul Gandhi by BJP MLA and ex-Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi for saying “how come all thieves have the common surname Modi” whereas campaigning in Karnataka forward of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Congress chief Abhishek Manu Singhvi stated, “This government is clearly relying on one set of tactics to throttle opposition voices inside the Parliament, and a second set of tactics outside it. So if you say something outside the Parliament, they wouldn’t allow the House to run.”
NEW DELHI: Following senior Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s conviction by a Surat courtroom in a felony defamation case on Thursday, the celebration has deliberate mega protests within the coming days, taking all like-minded events alongside.
Congress President and Leader of Opposition within the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, has known as a gathering of the opposition events on Friday, following which the MPs will march to the Vijay Chowk. On Friday night, all of the state Congress Presidents and legislative celebration leaders have been known as for a gathering to chalk out plans for nation-wide protests.
According to sources, the Congress management has additionally sought time to satisfy President Droupadi Murmu on this problem.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The choices have been taken at a gathering of Congress MPs and steering committee members held at Kharge’s residence.
Senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh stated, “This is not just a legal issue, but political as well since the ruling party wants to intimidate the opposition leaders.”
On Thursday morning, Rahul Gandhi was discovered responsible and sentenced to 2 years in jail in a 2019 felony defamation case over his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname. The Congress chief, nonetheless, was granted bail and his sentence was suspended for 30 days to permit him to enchantment the Surat courtroom verdict.
The case was filed towards Rahul Gandhi by BJP MLA and ex-Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi for saying “how come all thieves have the common surname Modi” whereas campaigning in Karnataka forward of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Congress chief Abhishek Manu Singhvi stated, “This government is clearly relying on one set of tactics to throttle opposition voices inside the Parliament, and a second set of tactics outside it. So if you say something outside the Parliament, they wouldn’t allow the House to run.”
