By India Today News Desk: Days after being disqualified from Lok Sabha as a Member of ParliamentCongress leader Rahul Gandhi changed his Twitter bio on Sunday. Rahul Gandhi updated his Twitter account bio to ‘Dis’Qualified MP’.
Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as a Member of Parliament after he was convicted in a criminal defamation case over his ‘Modi surname’ remark.
Now, the description of his Twitter account mentions his membership of the Indian National Congress along with his disqualified membership of the Parliament.
The disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as Lok Sabha MP on Friday came a day after he was convicted and sentenced to two years in jail in a defamation case against his Modi surname remark in 2019.
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The complaint against the Congress leader was filed by BJP MLA Purnesh Modi, over RaGa’s alleged remark“How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?”
The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate HH Varma, which held 52-year-old Gandhi guilty under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 499 and 500, also granted him bail and suspended the sentence for 30 days to allow him to appeal in a higher court.
CONGRESS HOLDS SANKALP SATYAGRAHA
Meanwhile, Congress on Sunday began a day-long “Sankalp Satyagraha” at Delhi’s Rajghat in support of Rahul Gandhi following his disqualification from the Lok Sabha.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, senior leaders KC Venugopal, P Chidambaram and Salman Khurshid were among the party’s top brass taking part in the satyagraha at Rajghat.
Jairam Ramesh, Mukul Wasnik, Pawan Kumar Bansal, Saktisinh Gohil, Jothimani, Pratibha Singh and Manish Chatrath were also present at the protest site.
Several leaders of the party’s Delhi also took part in the protest while a large number of party workers gathered outside the venue despite the police refusing to grant permission for the satyagraha.
SECTION 144 IMPOSED
In a letter, the Delhi Police said the request for holding the satyagraha was rejected due to law and order and traffic reasons and prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC had been imposed in and around Rajghat.
A senior police officer told PTI that while permission for holding the satyagraha was denied, adequate security arrangements were put in place.
In response to the Delhi Police’s action, Venugopal said on Twitter, “After silencing our voice in Parliament, the government has refused to let us hold a peaceful satyagraha at Bapu’s (Mahatma Gandhi) samadhi as well.
“It has become a habit for the Modi government to disallow every opposition protest. This will not deter us, our fight for truth, against tyranny goes on.”
After silencing our voice in Parliament, the govt has refused to let us hold a peaceful Satyagraha at Bapu’s samadhi as well.
It has become a habit for the Modi govt to disallow every opposition protest. This will not deter us, our fight for truth, against tyranny goes on. pic.twitter.com/49KYRq8NCj— KC Venugopal (@kcvenugopalmp) March 26, 2023
The Congress has put up a stage outside Rajghat and are protesting against Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in a 2019 defamation case and his subsequent disqualification from the Lok Sabha.
It has announced plans for a day-long satyagraha in front of Mahatma Gandhi statues at all states and district headquarters to protest against the disqualification.
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(With PTI inputs)
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