Rahul Gandhi reaches Surat court in ‘Modi surname’ defamation case

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday arrived at Surat court to defend himself in a criminal defamation case over the ‘Modi surname’ remark.

The Congress leader had reportedly made the remark during campaigning for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

While addressing an election rally at Kolar on April 13, 2019, he had reportedly said, “I have a question. Why all the thieves have Modi in their names whether be it Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi Narendra Modi? We don’t know how many more such Modis will come out.”

His party colleague Shaktisinh Gohil defended Gandhi said that the party in power should tolerate criticism by the opposition.

“In a democracy, the party in power should tolerate criticism by the opposition. Rahul ji had said Lalit Modi Nirav Modi are thieves Narendra Modi is a failure. BJP connected his statement to the Modi community insulted them,” said Shaktisinh Gohil, a Congress leader.

Senior party leader Ahmed Patel also backed Gandhi said, “Let the law takes its own course.

(Only the headline picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

Dear Reader,

Business Standard has always strived hard to provide up-to-date information commentary on developments that are of interest to you have wider political economic implications for the country the world. Your encouragement constant feedback on how to improve our offering have only made our resolve commitment to these ideals stronger. Even during these difficult times arising out of Covid-19, we continue to remain committed to keeping you informed updated with credible news, authoritative views incisive commentary on topical issues of relevance.

We, however, have a request.

As we battle the economic impact of the pandemic, we need your support even more, so that we can continue to offer you more quality content. Our subscription model has seen an encouraging response from many of you, who have subscribed to our online content. More subscription to our online content can only help us achieve the goals of offering you even better more relevant content. We believe in free, fair credible journalism. Your support through more subscriptions can help us practise the journalism to which we are committed.

Support quality journalism subscribe to Business Standard.

Digital Editor