India top court suspends Rahul Gandhi’s defamation conviction
Rahul Gandhi is set to return to parliament after the Supreme Court suspended his defamation conviction. – EPA pic, August 4, 2023.
He was turfed out of the legislature as a result but has stayed out of jail while appealing the case up to the Supreme Court in New Delhi. News of the decision was greeted with jubilation at the headquarters of Gandhi’s opposition Congress party, where supporters handed out sweets and cheered his triumphant arrival.
His Congress was once the dominant force of Indian politics but has withered in the face of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its nationalist appeals to India’s Hindu majority.The conviction stemmed from a remark made during the 2019 election campaign when Gandhi had asked why “all thieves have Modi as common surname”.
Gandhi’s 731-page submission to the Supreme Court said his speech was made “in the course of democratic political activity”.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the party would now work to secure Gandhi’s return to parliament.
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