A senior Congress party official said the court is scheduled to hear the plea on Monday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
brought against him by a lawmaker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party , local media reported on Sunday.
Gandhi, the 52-year-old scion of the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty and leader of the Congress party, was found guilty of defamation by a court in the western state of Gujarat over comments he made in a speech in 2019. Gandhi has filed a plea in the Surat sessions court against the magistrate order, the Indian Express newspaper reported, while a senior Congress party official, who declined to be named, told Reuters the court is scheduled to hear the plea on Monday.as the law that governs elections in India mandates disqualification of any lawmaker who is “convicted of any offence and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than two years”.
Gandhi said on March 25 that he would not comment on his sentence as the matter was subjudice, but he said his disqualification from Parliamentover Mr Modi’s relationship with Mr Gautam Adani, founder of the Adani conglomerate. The opposition critics accuse Mr Modi government of giving undue favours to a business group led by billionaire tycoon Mr Adani.It also said the group had unsustainable debt.saying opposition groups were being selectively targeted by federal investigative agencies. The court has agreed to hear the plea on April 5. REUTERS
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