All Eyes On Rahul Gandhi As He Returns To Parliament As MP After Big SC Relief

Months after being disqualified, Rahul Gandhi has returned to Parliament after his Lok Sabha membership was restored after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in the Modi surname case.

Rahul Gandhi has arrived at Parliament, after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in the Modi surname case, after being reinstated as MP.

Source : Lok Sabha TV

Rahul Gandhi has once again returned to Parliament as an MP, months after his disqualification after being convicted in the Modi surname case. His disqualification was revoked on Monday after the Supreme Court on Friday stayed his conviction in the defamation case. The Congress leader was disqualified from the lower house in March 2023 after a Gujarat court sentenced him to two years in prison in the case. 

As soon as the news of the restoration of Rahul Gandhi as Wayanad MP through Lok Sabha Secretariat came Congress workers began celebrating outside 10 Janpath, the residence of Sonia Gandhi, and AICC headquarters in Delhi.

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Congress workers, leaders and the India bloc also celebrated the restoration of his Lok Sabha membership. Congress chief Kharge was seen distributing and himself indulging in some sweets to celebrate the 'victor of love' as the Congress handle tweeted after Rahul was reinstated as an MP. 

Earlier, it was reported that the Congress was ready to once against knock on the doors of the Supreme Court if Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha membership was not restored by this evening.

The Supreme Court on Friday granted a major reprieve to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by staying his conviction in a 2019 defamation case related to his Modi surname remark.

During the hearing, a three-judge bench consisting of Justices B R Gavai, P S Narasimha, and Sanjay Kumar underscored that the provisions of the Representation of People Act came into play solely due to the maximum sentence of two years awarded. The bench highlighted that if the sentence had been one day shorter, the Act's provisions would not have been applicable, particularly in cases of non-cognisable, bailable, and compoundable offences, as reported by news agency PTI.

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