Surat: In a setback for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, a Sessions Court in Surat this morning rejected his plea for stay on his conviction by a Magistrate Court in a criminal defamation case against him over his ‘Modi’ surname slur. Additional Sessions Judge Robin Mogera refused to stay the conviction. This would mean that Gandhi…
Did anyone guess Rahul Gandhi’s rout in Amethi?
April 20, 2023BJP National Spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi tells Star of Mysore that politics is unpredictable By B. Sreekantswamy The upcoming election has prompted the BJP to adopt a range of strategies in its bid to retain power. This election differs from previous ones that the BJP has nominated more than 50 new faces including individuals from a…
Surat Court grants bail to Rahul Gandhi; next hearing on Apr. 13
April 4, 2023Disqualification would create a ‘sympathy wave’ in Karnataka, claims Dr. Veerappa Moily New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail yesterday by a Sessions Court in Surat in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark. The Court will hear on April 13 the Congress leader’s plea seeking a stay of his…
After disqualification as Lok Sabha MP…: Rahul Gandhi to launch Congress campaign from Kolar on Apr. 5
March 28, 2023Bengaluru: With the remarks that he made at Kolar during his 2019 Lok Sabha election campaign being responsible for his recent conviction in a defamation suit and subsequent disqualification from the Lok Sabha, top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has decided to launch the party’s campaign for the Karnataka Assembly polls from Kolar itself. With the…
In his first post-disqualification press meet: Rahul Gandhi trains guns on PM Modi
March 25, 2023New Delhi: A day after his disqualification as MP, Rahul Gandhi, the former Congress President, launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, raising questions on his (PM) relationship with industrialist Gautam Adani, in whose shell companies Rs. 20,000 crore has been allegedly invested, with no details of investors. Rahul Gandhi, who addressed media…
A day after conviction: Rahul Gandhi as MP disqualified
March 24, 2023New Delhi: The Parliament this noon disqualified Opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi as an MP a day after a Surat Court found him guilty of defamation and sentenced him to two years in prison, according to a Parliament notice. Rahul Gandhi, 52, was convicted yesterday for a 2019 speech in Kolar, Karnataka, where he…
Defamation: Rahul Gandhi convicted – Lessons to learn for our law-makers
March 24, 2023I was surprised to learn from TV yesterday that Congress leader, Lok Sabha MP, Rahul Gandhi was found guilty in a criminal defamation case filed in Surat, Gujarat and sentenced to two years in prison. As expected, soon all hell broke loose in the Congress camp. It was a case filed in 2019 over his…
2019 ‘Modi surname’ defamation case: Rahul Gandhi convicted
March 23, 2023New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison this morning, in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname by a Court in Surat, Gujarat. Rahul was present in the Court when the verdict was pronounced. However, he was granted bail…
‘Bharat Jodo Yatra made an attempt to unite India’
February 11, 2023Congress leader Rahul Gandhi embarked on a 3,750-km ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ on Sept. 7, 2022, from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and over the course of 150 days, he was accompanied by 117 core walkers, who were there with him from the start to finish. One among them was Mysurean Dr. Shushrutha Hedna Vishnumurthy, Managing Director of…
Of Beard & Men
January 7, 2023Whether or not Rahul Gandhi’s attempt at political reinvention and rejuvenation via ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ will succeed is yet to be seen. But what can be seen right now is his bush. His thick ‘salt-n-pepper’ bushy face has made it to the news. Last month, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma made a petty comment….
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