Fighting for India's voice, ready to pay any price; Rahul Gandhi reacts to disqualification action

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reacted to the disqualification process from the post of MP. Rahul Gandhi wrote on Twitter that I am fighting for India's voice and I am ready to pay any price for it.

मैं भारत की आवाज़ के लिए लड़ रहा हूं।

मैं हर कीमत चुकाने को तैयार हूं।

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 24, 2023

Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from being a member of Parliament after he was sentenced to two years in prison in a defamation case. The Lok Sabha Secretariat has issued a notification in this regard. The action is under Section 101(1) of the Constitution and Section VIII of the Representation of the People Act. Lok Sabha Secretary General Utpal Singh issued an order in this regard

Surat court in Gujarat had sentenced Rahul to two years imprisonment in the case of defaming the Modi community in his 2019 election speech. He was disqualified after this. With this, Rahul will be barred from contesting elections for six years. The Surat court had also granted bail by freezing the sentence for 30 days pending an appeal. But the action of the Lok Sabha Secretariat comes before the intervention of the High Court.