Surat Court rejects Rahul Gandhi’s plea against conviction in ‘Modi surname’ case

Apr 20, 2023

Surat (Gujarat), April 20 (ANI): Surat Court has rejected Rahul Gandhi’s plea seeking a stay on his conviction in criminal defamation case. The case pertains to Rahul’s statement on Modi surname, made during an election rally in Bengaluru in 2019. The defamation case over Gandhi’s ‘Modi surname’ remark was filed by Purnesh Modi. On March 23 this year, the court convicted Rahul Gandhi for two-year imprisonment.