Reinstate Rahul Gandhi in LS as speedily as he was disqualified: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to Speaker

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should be reinstated as an MP with the same speed at which he was disqualified after his conviction in a defamation case, the party’s leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Saturday, according to The Indian Express.

Chowdhury urged Speaker Om Birla to reinstate Gandhi as a Lok Sabha in view of the Supreme Court’s decision to stay his conviction. The former Wayanad MP was convicted of criminal defamation case for a speech he made ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, in which he asked why many thieves had the surname Modi.

Gandhi was disqualified as an MP on March 24, a day after a Gujarat court held him guilty and sentenced him to two years in jail.

Chowdhury on Saturday said that Birla advised him to contact the Lok Sabha Secretary General’s office and hand him the letter seeking Gandhi’s reinstatement. He said that an under secretary at the office received the letter.

“Although he signed, he did not affix the seal,” Chowdhury said, according to The Indian Express.

The Congress’ leader in the Lok Sabha said that along with the letter, he submitted the notification issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat disqualifying Gandhi and a copy of the Supreme Court order.

“I have done all that is required...

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