Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was today found guilty in a 2019 defamation case and sentenced to two years in jail over remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname.
The court in Gujarat’s Surat, which convicted Mr Gandhi, also granted him bail for 30 days, allowing him to appeal the decision.
The case pertains to Mr Gandhi’s remarks at a rally in Karnataka’s Kolar on April 13, 2019, just ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. “How come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?” he had allegedly remarked.
The case was registered on a complaint lodged by BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi, who alleged Mr Gandhi’s remark defamed the entire Modi community.
