Published On : Fri, Mar 24th, 2023
By Nagpur Today Nagpur News

Rahul Gandhi disqualified as MP after Two-year Sentence

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified from the Lok Sabha, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said on Friday.
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His disqualification as Wayanad MP is effective from March 23, the day of his conviction, the secretariat said in its notification.

A court in Surat sentenced Rahul Gandhi to two years in jail in a defamation case on Thursday, filed on a complaint by Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Purnesh Modi for his alleged remark, “How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?”

Here is the notification from Lok Sabha

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