Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday received a rousing welcome at the IGI airport here after returning from Surat in Gujarat, where a court earlier in the day convicted the Wayanad MP in a criminal defamation case against him over his alleged ‘Modi surname’ remark in 2019.<\/p>\n
Rahul Gandhi was convicted under IPC Sections 499 and 500. The maximum possible punishment under this section is two years.<\/p>\n
After Rahul Gandhi’s arrival in Delhi, his mother and former Congress president Sonia Gandhi also reached his residence amid sloganeering by Congress workers.<\/p>\n
In the airport, the Congress leader was received by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Pramod Tiwari and DMK leader T.R. Baalu.<\/p>\n
Outside the airport, scores of Congress workers were present to receive him.<\/p>\n
The Congress has termed the court decision “politics of vendetta and exploitation”.<\/p>\n
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said on Thursday that they will appeal in higher courts against the conviction of Rahul Gandhi.<\/p>\n
“We will appeal in higher courts.”<\/p>\n
The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate H.H. Varma sentenced him to two years in jail and also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 after finding him guilty.<\/p>\n
However, on Rahul Gandhi’s plea, his sentence has been suspended and bail has been granted to enable him to move an appeal against his conviction within 30 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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