'I was treated harshly by trial court, sentenced to attract disqualification,' says Rahul
Rahul says the trial judge was 'overwhelmingly influenced' by his status as MP
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Rahul says the trial judge was 'overwhelmingly influenced' by his status as MP
The judgment of conviction and order of sentence passed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate is erroneous, patently perverse: Congress leader
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday told a sessions court in Surat his conviction by a magistrate's court in a 2019 defamation case over his 'Modi surname' remark was erroneous, patently perverse, and he was sentenced in a manner so as to attract disqualification as a member of Parliament.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday told a sessions court in Surat his conviction by a magistrate's court in a 2019 defamation case over his "Modi surname" remark was erroneous, patently perverse.
Gandhi, in his appeal filed in the sessions court against the conviction and two-year jail term handed last month, submitted he was treated harshly by the trial court.