For the primary time due to the fact his disqualification as an MP from the Lok Sabha, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi nowadays visited his former constituency, Wayanad in Kerala. Flanked via way of means of his sister and Congress wellknown secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Mr Gandhi turned into visible waving to his supporters at a roadshow known as `Satyameva Jayate’ in Kalpetta town. “They (BJP) can take my residence and placed me in prison, however they cannot forestall me from representing the humans of Wayanad and their issues,” he stated at a rally.
Mr Gandhi stated handiest an MP tag has been taken farfar from him, however being their consultant supposed lots more.
“Member of Parliament is a tag. It is a post. So, BJP can dispose of the tag, the post, the residence, and they are able to even prison me, however they can not forestall me from representing the humans of Wayanad. I am amazed that even after such a lot of years, BJP has now no longer understood its opponent. They do now no longer apprehend that their opponent will now no longer get intimidated. They assume I gets scared via way of means of sending police to my residence or that I might be disturbed if my residence is taken away,” he stated.
Stressing that he has been combating the BJP for “pretty some years”, Mr Gandhi stated they were not able to apprehend his struggle, “that their opponent does not get intimidated, does not get scared with police”.
On him having to vacate his reliable house in Delhi — he’s obligated to vacate as he’s not an MP — he stated he turned into “satisfied they took my residence”.
“I do not want to stay there,” he stated, including that he has visible what number of humans in Wayanad misplaced their homes withinside the floods and the way they fought.
“Four years ago, I got here right here and have become an MP and for me, the marketing campaign turned into a one of a kind form of marketing campaign. In the everyday marketing campaign, you pass and talk approximately rules and what ought to happen. But in 2014, this marketing campaign turned into one of a kind. There turned into affection and Kerala made me experience part of the own circle of relatives and as their son. I concept pretty lots, and I’ve been an MP for some years now. MP manner to be a humans’s consultant, you need to apprehend the emotions, sufferings, and wishes of humans,” he stated.
Hundreds of United Democratic Front (Congress-led kingdom competition alliance) employees covered up at Kalpetta for the roadshow preserving the Indian flag. Many humans throughout all age companies might be visible accrued at the roadside to welcome Mr Gandhi as he travelled to the general public assembly venue on a truck followed via way of means of his sister and senior celebration leaders from Kerala.
A Surat courtroom docket lately convicted Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 defamation case for his jibe at PM Modi over his remaining name — which he stocks with fugitive businessmen Nirav Modi and Lalit Modi — withinside the run-as much as the 2019 wellknown election. “How come all thieves have the not unusualplace surname Modi?” he had stated in Karnataka’s Kolar. The two-12 months sentence disqualified Mr Gandhi from a Lok Sabha membership, and he turned into visible packing luggage to vacate his reliable house in Delhi.
A periods courtroom docket in Surat granted him bail and placed his prison sentence on maintain until the courtroom docket takes a name on his attraction hard the order of the Surat magistrate. The subsequent listening to is on April 13.
The Congress known as it a “conspiracy” to silence the chief, who has been dogged in his assaults on PM Modi and has been the de facto head of the principle competition celebration for almost a decade.
The BJP known as the flow criminal and puzzled if Mr Gandhi desired a unique regulation for his own circle of relatives.
The Congress chief turned into in warm water once more after a tweet carrying the names of former Congress leaders, who both joined the BJP or ended decades-vintage ties with the grand vintage celebration, in conjunction with that of businessman Gautam Adani.
The names proven withinside the photo blanketed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, former MP Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, chief Anil Antony and previous Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Reddy.
Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that he might document a defamation healthy towards Rahul Gandhi over his tweet linking him to the Adani Group.
“Whatever Rahul Gandhi has tweeted, it’s miles defamatory. So as soon as Prime Minister returns from Assam we can reply to the tweet and definitely, there might be a defamation case in Guwahati,” he stated
