After the Gujarat High Court refused to stay Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in a defamation case, the Congress on Friday said it will approach the Supreme Court and alleged that the government was inventing new techniques to silence his voice as it was against his Embarrassed to tell the truth.
The party said the verdict has doubled its resolve to pursue the case and will fight it both legally and politically.
Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here, Congress spokesperson and Gandhi’s lawyer in the case Abhishek Singhvi said the Gujarat High Court’s dismissal of Rahul Gandhi’s petition was extremely disappointing, but not unexpected.
Singhvi said the final court is the court of the people and they see what is happening and how “the entire cottage industry has been pitted against one person”.
“I will not repeat the gymnastics that took place at the trial stage, where the complainant got a stay of one year on his own complaint, and then revived it after a change in the bench. And, it was that second Magistrate who proceeded to pass the order of conviction. Those are the facts, and the facts speak for themselves,” he said.
“The more they have tried to silence him (Rahul Gandhi); Though harassed by ED and CBI, breach of privilege notices, removal of SPG (Special Protection Group) cover to disqualification from Parliament, he stood firm. And that exposes their fears,” he said.
This government is troubled because Rahul Gandhi speaks with facts and figures on demonetisation, the government’s “clean chit” to China and the troubled economic situation.
“It is this relentless aggression that has forced the government to find newer and newer techniques to silence their voices… We are once again witnessing this cycle of oppression and repression. We will fight this. Rahul Gandhi will fight this. And if the past nine years are to be seen, they will always fail to silence his cautionary voice, Singhvi said.
Earlier in the day in Kozhikode, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary, organisation, KC Venugopal said at a party event, “We have one more option… Supreme Court. let’s watch. Congress will also explore that option.
“We will study the Gujarat HC judgment on Mr. Find out @RahulGandhi ji’s sentence & all available legal options. Rahul ji is a fierce voice who takes on the Modi government. No power can silence him, truth will prevail and justice will ultimately prevail. Venugopal said on Twitter, every patriotic Indian is in support of Rahul ji in this fight.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that no party leader or worker is afraid of BJP’s political conspiracy.
Alleging that the BJP has used “lies” as part of a political conspiracy to suspend Rahul Gandhi from Parliament, he said the Congress leader is fighting for the truth and will continue his fight.
“Shri Rahul Gandhi has always fought for the truth and will continue to fight in future as well. The truth is that fugitives like Lalit Modi, Nirav Modi, Mehul “Bhai”, Vijay Mallya and Jatin Mehta fled the country under the watch of the Modi government and reached foreign countries in suspicious ways taking public money,” Kharge said in a tweet. Where is Hindi?
The Congress president tweeted, “BJP set him free, but used lies as part of a political conspiracy, put Mr. Rahul Gandhi in the dock and suspended him from Parliament.”
In the rule of BJP, first of all the corrupt run away and on the other hand Narendra Modi’s party plays the game of grabbing power by keeping the accused of corruption in its fold.
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As part of BJP’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan”, he claimed.
“The country is now well aware of Modi ji’s double standards on corruption. No Congress leader, none of our workers is going to be afraid of this political conspiracy. We will fight both political and legal battles. Satyamev Jayate,” Kharge said on Twitter.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the judge’s reasoning was being studied and the matter would be taken forward.
“This decision doubles down on our resolve to pursue the case,” he said on Twitter earlier in the day.
“We have noted the judgment of the single-judge bench of the Gujarat High Court on the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi. The reasoning of the Hon’ble Judge is being studied, as it should be, and Dr. Abhishek Singhvi will brief the media in detail at 3 PM,” he had said.
AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said Rahul Gandhi was fighting for the truth and the interest of the people and an “arrogant regime” was using all means to stop him.
In a long Twitter post in Hindi soon after the Gujarat High Court order, Priyanka Gandhi quoted Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar”s poem “Samar shesh hai…(the fight is yet to come)” and launched a scathing attack on the Modi government.
“Rahul Gandhi is fighting a battle of truth and people’s interest against this ‘arrogant rule’,” he said. Help make life better, shouldn’t be taken for granted.
“The arrogant regime is adopting every trick to suppress the truth, it is adopting all tricks to divert attention – ‘Saam, Daam, Dand, Bhed, Chhal, Kapat’ questions related to public interest,” she said.
Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala termed the High Court order as a “travesty of justice”.
In a tweet, Surjewala said, “Instead of punishing ‘bank fraudsters’ like Nirav Modi, Ami Modi, Neeshal Modi, Mehul Choksi and the like, punish the ‘messengers’ who expose fraud and fraud of public money going.”
Dismissing Rahul Gandhi’s plea, Justice Hemant Prachak, who is already facing 10 cases across India, said the trial court’s order convicting the Congress leader was “just, proper and legal”. ” Was. The court said that there is no reasonable ground. To stay the conviction in a defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark.
A metropolitan magistrate’s court in Surat on March 23 sentenced Rahul Gandhi to two years in jail after holding him guilty under sections 499 and 500 (criminal defamation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in a 2019 case filed by BJP Gujarat MLA Purnesh Modi. .
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