"Not Guilty": Rahul Gandhi Seeks Court Permission To Join Lok Sabha Session
NDTV
The complainant, in his reply before the Supreme Court, used slanderous terms such as 'arrogant' to describe him only because he has refused to apologise, stated Rahul Gandhi's affidavit.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi while maintaining that he was not guilty in the 'Modi surname' remark case, on Wednesday requested the Supreme Court to stay his two-year conviction, enabling him to participate in the ongoing sittings of the Lok Sabha and sessions thereafter.
At a rally in Karnataka's Kolar in April 2019, Rahul Gandhi, in a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said, "How come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?".
Mr Gandhi, filing an affidavit before the top court said that he has always maintained that he is not guilty of the offence and that the "conviction is unsustainable" and if he had to apologise and compound the offence, "he would have done it much earlier".
