Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was today reinstated to the parliament following a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case for his ‘Modi surname’ remark. Mr Gandhi will be back in the Lok Sabha, representing his constituency Wayanad, at a time when the parliament has seen repeated disruptions over the Opposition bloc INDIA’s demand for a dedicated discussion on Manipur after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement on the same.
The Supreme Court on Friday, while ordering a stay on Rahul Gandhi’s conviction, said that while his remarks were not in good taste, his disqualification from parliament would affect his constituents.
The trial judge had awarded the maximum sentence of two years in the case, the top court had observed, pointing out that it would not have attracted disqualification as an MP if the sentence was a day lesser.
With inputs from NDTV