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The Congress workers and leaders across the state burst crackers and distributed sweets to celebrate the SC ruling.
"No reason has been given by the trial judge for imposing maximum sentence, the order of conviction needs to be stayed pending final adjudication"
Former Wayanad MP will now have to appeal in Gujarat High Court or Supreme Court against the Surat court's order.
A court in Surat has rejected the application filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seeking a stay on his conviction in the 2019 defamation case relating to his ‘Modi surname’ remark.
Rahul Gandhi was elected to the Lok Sabha from Wayanad in Kerala in 2019, but was disqualified a day after a metropolitan magistrate court in Surat on March 23 sentenced him to two years in jail in the case filed by BJP MLA Purnesh Modi.