03 April,2023 02:43 PM IST | Surat | PTI
Rahul Gandhi. File Pic
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reached Surat on Monday to file an appeal against a lower court ruling convicting him in a defamation case over his 2019 remark about the surname Modi.
The 52-year-old Congress leader reached Surat via a scheduled commercial flight along with sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
He was convicted by a court here and sentenced to prison for two years last month for a speech in which he linked PM Modi's last name with two fugitive businessmen, remarking how the "thieves" shared the same last name.
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The court had granted him bail for 30 days to appeal the verdict.
A day later, he was disqualified as a member of the Lok Sabha.
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