Kerala Congress workers observed a silent protest in order to extend solidarity to Rahul Gandhi who was disqualified from Lok Sabha after his conviction in a defamation case at Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. Several Congress leaders including former Ministers, MLAs and MPs gathered near Mahatma Gandhi statue at Gandhi Park to take part in the protest.
On Wednesdayy, Kerala PCC chief K Sudhakaran, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly V D Satheesan, MPs including Kodikunnil Suresh, Rajmohan Unnithan and K Muraleedharan and presidents of various District Congress Committees and so on were among those who gathered to take part in the silent protest that went till evening, said a report on PTI.
The working president of KPCC Suresh said, "The Centre under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling BJP were trying to keep Gandhi away from Parliament. The Modi government is trying to insult Rahul Gandhi and keep him away from the Parliament. But the Congress workers in the country will unitedly rally behind him to check all such moves."
Gandhi was the former MP of Kerala's Wayanad constituency.
Prior to the protest, Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K C Venugopal recently wrote to all state unit heads of the party and important functionaries about the protest after Gujarat High Court rejected Gandhi's plea for a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case involving his "Modi surname" case.
In his communication, Venugopal said, "The entire world has seen how Rahul Gandhi has consistently been questioning and exposing the relationship between Modi and Adani on various platforms. His courageous pursuit has forced the Prime Minister and the BJP to resort to crooked measures leading to his conviction and disqualification from the membership of Lok Sabha."
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