SURAT: The Surat Sessions Court has extended the bail of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after he filed an appeal seeking a stay on his conviction in the 2019 defamation case. The bail has been extended till April 13.

Earlier today, Rahul Gandhi reached the court in person and filed an appeal. The court will consider the case again on May 3.

After the Surat court's verdict, Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as MP from Lok Sabha. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other senior leaders had accompanied Gandhi to the Gujarat court.

Rahul was convicted and sentenced to two years in hail by the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate H H Varma on March 23 in a defamation case over his 'Modi surname' remark in 2019 in Karnataka. Rahul made the controversial remark during an election rally held in Kolar in Karnataka in 2019. It was BJP MLA and former minister Purnesh Modi who filed a defamation case against Rahul over the remark.