Speaking to media persons in Patna, Prasad said: "Congress party could have obtained a stay on the decision of Surat court. They have deliberately not obtained the stay order to utilise the issue during the Karnataka assembly election. He is trying to become a martyr..."
Gandhi was convicted by a Surat court on Thursday in a 2019 criminal defamation case and later, got disqualified from Lok Sabha
The senior Congress leader further said that he is here to defend the voice of the nation, adding: "I am not scared of prison sentence disqualification and others I am not that type of person and they do not understand me.
According to the Representation of the People Act, a lawmaker sentenced to imprisonment for two years or more shall be disqualified "from the date of such conviction" and remain disqualified for another six years after serving prison time.
Citing the chronology of the case, party leader and senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi says that Gandhi spoke on February 7 and after 9 days on February 16, the complainant got vacated his own stay from the High Court and on February 27, the final hearing begans and on March 17, the judgement was reserved.
The protesters at various towns shouted anti-BJP slogans and warned the Centre's ruling party not to test their patience anymore.
Speaking exclusively to odishatv.in, Supreme Court advocate Vivek Raja said even before the election commission comes into the picture, Rahul Gandhi will stand automatically disqualified under the provisions of RPA.
A complaint was later lodged at his alleged “Modi surname” remarks by BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi
What Mir Jafar did to become Nawab and what Rahul Gandhi has done in London - is exactly the same.
Why Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader of Indian National Congress Party and a Member of Indian Parliament should not have said what he did, has been indirectly explained by his cousin, Varun Gandhi, a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Indian Parliament from Pilibhit.
The sources said that Gandhi sent four-page reply to Delhi Police highlighting in 10 points.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has assured the Delhi Police that he will share the information about the claims that he had made during his Bharat Jodo Yatra speech in Srinagar, and also said that he needed some time for this.
As soon as Lok Sabha convened at 2 p.m., Rajendra Agrawal, who was in the Chair, asked for papers to be laid in the House.
Italy's Prime Minister said that Modi had emerged as a big leader today and has received love from all over the world, stated Thakur.
The breach of privilege notices was served on the Congress MP by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey after Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Prime Minister had connections with billionaire Gautam Adani.
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