‘Rahul Gandhi paying price for… Govt rattled’: Congress after setback | Latest News India | Times Of Ahmedabad

The Congress on Friday alleged the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government is rattled and finding new techniques to throttle Rahul Gandhi’s voice, after the former Congress president was disqualified from Lok Sabha, 24 hours after he was convicted by a Surat court in a 2019 criminal defamation case.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who has been disqualified as a Member of the Lok Sabha (MP) from the date of his conviction in the criminal defamation case over his alleged ‘Modi surname’ remark on March 23.(ANI file)

Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said Rahul Gandhi is paying a price for speaking out “fearlessly” both inside and outside the Parliament.

“We all know that Rahul Gandhi has been speaking out fearlessly both inside and outside the Parliament. Clearly, he is paying a price for it. The government is rattled. This government is finding new techniques to throttle his voice,” Singhvi said.

Singhvi added that the party is confident that it will get a stay of the conviction which will remove the very basis of this disqualification.

“We are confident that we will get a stay of the conviction which will remove the very basis of this disqualification. We have full faith in the law. We believe we will emerge victorious in the near future,” the Congress leader added.