SURAT, India: Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi appealed against his conviction for defamation on Monday (Apr 3), seeking to overturn a judgment that resulted in his expu
Gandhi, 52, was convicted last month in a case brought by a state lawmaker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party after comments Gandhi made in a 2019 speech were deemed to be insulting to the prime minister and other people surnamed Modi.
Prime Minister Modi and his BJP swept back to power in that election. Gandhi's Congress recorded its worst performance ever, winning 52 seats in the 542-member lower house of parliament. "The 2019 speech was not aimed at defaming millions of people having the surname Modi," Panwala told Reuters.Two more defamation cases have been filed elsewhere against Gandhi for the same comment and he is due to appear in court in one of them in the eastern city of Patna on Apr 12.
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