‘Modi surname’ case: Congress's 'wapas aa raha hoon' comeback with a Rahul Gandhi photo

Congress shared a post on X (formerly Twitter) after the apex court stayed the conviction of Rahul Gandhi on the ‘Modi surname’ criminal defamation case.

Updated on: Aug 4, 2023, 14:48:31 IST

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‘Coming…questions will continue’, a post on X (formerly Twitter) shared by Congress with a photo of party leader Rahul Gandhi after the Supreme Court stayed the conviction against him on a criminal defamation case on his ‘Modi surname’ remark, thereby ordering his status as a member of Parliament be reinstated. The shared photo was from the Union Budget session this year, when Rahul Gandhi displayed a photograph of the industrialist Gautam Adani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi together claiming the alleged close links between the two amid the Adani-Hindenburg row in the Parliament.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during Bharat Jodo Yatra

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The SC bench observed that Gandhi's conviction on the issue has wider ramification since it will also affect the right of those who elected him. He was earlier convicted by a local court in Gujarat's Surat under a criminal defamation charge over a remark made by him during an election rally in 2019. He asked, "How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?"

He was sentenced to two-year imprisonment, which led the Lok Sabha Secretariat to repeal his status as a parliamentarian as per the Representation of People Act, 1951.

Earlier, the Congress leader approached the sessions court and the Gujarat high court, both of which rejected his plea for a stay on his conviction.

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The grand old party hailed the decision by the apex court and said the ‘truth cannot be long hidden’.

“'Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth' ~Gautama Buddha,” Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi wrote on X.

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh also said the top court's ruling is a ‘strong vindication of truth and justice’.

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