‘Modi surname’ case: Rahul reacts to in charge verdict, quotes Gandhiji in tweet

Through PTI

AHMEDABAD: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi quoted Mahatma Gandhi in a tweet about reality and non-violence after a court docket in Surat in Gujarat on Thursday sentenced him to 2 years in prison in a prison defamation case attached to his “Modi surname” remarks.

“My faith is in line with reality and non-violence. Fact is my God, and non-violence is the way to get it. — Mahatma Gandhi,” the Congress chief wrote in a tweet in Hindi quickly after the court docket verdict.

मेरा धर्म सत्य और अहिंसा पर आधारित है। सत्य मेरा भगवान है, अहिंसा उसे पाने का साधन।

– महात्मा गांधी

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 23, 2023

The court docket of Leader Judicial Justice of the Peace HH Varma sentenced Gandhi to 2 years in prison in a prison defamation case over his ‘Modi surname” commentary all the way through an election rally in Karnataka forward of the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

The court docket granted him bail and suspended the sentence for 30 days to permit him to attraction in the next court docket, the Congress chief’s attorney Babu Mangukiya mentioned.

The court docket sentenced Gandhi below sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code coping with prison defamation, Mangukiya mentioned. Gandhi used to be provide within the court docket when it pronounced its verdict.

The case used to be filed in opposition to Gandhi for his alleged “how come all of the thieves have Modi as the typical surname?” remarks in line with a grievance lodged by way of BJP MLA and previous Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi.

The Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad made the remarks whilst addressing a rally at Kolar in Karnataka on April 13, 2019, all the way through Lok Sabha ballot campaigning.

AHMEDABAD: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi quoted Mahatma Gandhi in a tweet about reality and non-violence after a court docket in Surat in Gujarat on Thursday sentenced him to 2 years in prison in a prison defamation case attached to his “Modi surname” remarks.

“My faith is in line with reality and non-violence. Fact is my God, and non-violence is the way to get it. — Mahatma Gandhi,” the Congress chief wrote in a tweet in Hindi quickly after the court docket verdict.

मेरा धर्म सत्य और अहिंसा पर आधारित है। सत्य मेरा भगवान है, अहिंसा उसे पाने का साधन।
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— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 23, 2023
The court docket of Leader Judicial Justice of the Peace HH Varma sentenced Gandhi to 2 years in prison in a prison defamation case over his ‘Modi surname” commentary all the way through an election rally in Karnataka forward of the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

The court docket granted him bail and suspended the sentence for 30 days to permit him to attraction in the next court docket, the Congress chief’s attorney Babu Mangukiya mentioned.

The court docket sentenced Gandhi below sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code coping with prison defamation, Mangukiya mentioned. Gandhi used to be provide within the court docket when it pronounced its verdict.

The case used to be filed in opposition to Gandhi for his alleged “how come all of the thieves have Modi as the typical surname?” remarks in line with a grievance lodged by way of BJP MLA and previous Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi.

The Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad made the remarks whilst addressing a rally at Kolar in Karnataka on April 13, 2019, all the way through Lok Sabha ballot campaigning.