Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership restored. Will attend parliament today onwards
The Lok Sabha membership of former Congressman president Rahul Gandhi has been restored on August 7 after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction of two years sentence by the lower Court of Gujarat and upheld by high court in a criminal defamation case filed against the Gandhi family scion by former Gujarat minister and MLA Purnesh Modi.
After this stay he was reinstated to Lok Sabha by a notification which concludes saying : In view of the order of Supreme Court dated 4.8.2023 the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi notified vide Gazette Notification No. 21/(43) /2023 /TO ( B) dated 24 th March 2023 in terms of the provisions of Article 102(1) (e) of the Constitution of India read with Section ( 8 ) of the Representation of People Act , 1951 has ceased to operate subject to further judicial pronouncements.
The Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be attending parliament today with a renewed confidence, energy and enthusiasm after being disqualified from his Waynad Lok Sabha membership 136 days before.
There had been tremendous celebrations outside the 10 Janpath and 24 Akbar Road after the Supreme Court and finally the Lok Sabha speaker through a notification revoked Rahul’s disqualification of Waynad Lok Sabha membership.
Rahul Gandhi was sentenced for two years on the case filed by a BJP politician of Gujarat Purnesh Modi who accused him of using derogatory n erroneous remarks in his public meeting in 2019 terming as Modi Surname as thieves by lower n Gujarat high courts finally turned down by Supreme Court staying it through an order in March 4 th, 2023.
The Congress president Mallikarjun Khadge in a tweet while welcoming the decision of restoration of Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership wrote : The decision to reinstate Sh. Rahul Gandhi as an MP is a welcome step. It brings relief to the people of India, and especially to Wayanad. Whatever time is left of their tenure, BJP and Modi Govt. should utilise that by concentrating on actual governance rather than denigrating Democracy by targeting opposition leaders tweeted Khadge.
