New Delhi: BJP on Monday termed as \u201cdrama\u201d and an attempt to put \u201cpressure\u201d on the judiciary by Rahul Gandhi ahead of the Congress leader\u2019s appeal of the Surat court\u2019s order on a 2019 defamation case related to the \u2018Modi surname\u2019 remark.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey (Congress) are doing a drama to threaten the judiciary. I condemn it. If a court has convicted somebody, then the drama is basically about pressuring. Congress party considers a family above the country\u2026\u201d Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju told reporters outside Parliament today. His remarks came as Rahul Gandhi embarked for Surat from Delhi and according to sources is expected to reach court at around 3 pm and file an appeal against his conviction. Congress expects that court will take up the matter today itself.<\/p>\n
The Congress leader is expected to be accompanied by his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other top leaders.<\/p>\n
Earlier in a tweet this morning, Rijiju said, \u201cRahul Gandhi might be going to Surat to file an appeal. It is not required of a convict to go personally to file an appeal. Generally, no convict goes personally. His going personally with a motley group of leaders and aides accompanying him is only a drama.\u201d<\/p>\n
The union minister said, \u201cWhat Rahul Gandhi is doing is also a childish attempt to bring pressure on the appellate court. All courts in the country are immune from such tactics.\u201d<\/p>\n
Union Minister Anurag Thakur also hit out at the Congress. \u201cIndia won\u2019t tolerate the insult of backwards\u2026Earlier, PV Narasimha Rao, P Chidambaram, DK Shivakumar went to jail too, how many Congress people went with them? Is one family bigger than the country?,\u201d Thakur asked.<\/p>\n
BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra alleged that Rahul Gandhi going with his family to the court is a repeat of the Congress leader\u2019s insult of the OBC community and will add to it.<\/p>\n
Patra alleged that the group of Congress leaders including the chief ministers of some Congress-ruled states, who are accompanying Gandhi will create \u201cmayhem\u201d in the name of appealing against the lower court\u2019s order convicting the former Waynand MP in the 2019 criminal defamation case over his \u2018Modi surname\u2019 remark.<\/p>\n
\u201cRahul Gandhi, his family members, CMs Ashok Gehlot & Bhupesh Baghel are going to Surat and will be creating mayhem in the name of appealing (against the two-year sentence) verdict. What\u2019s the need for this ruckus?\u201d Patra said in a press conference.<\/p>\n
Patra also asked if the Congress leaders who will accompany Rahul Gandhi for the appeal want to \u201cpressurise\u201d the judiciary.<\/p>\n
\u201cRahul Gandhi, is it not true that you used a casteist remark against the OBC community? You called them a thief and abused them. You are going to Surat with your family, and some chief ministers with pomp and show. Do you want to pressurise the judiciary? Appealing is a democratic right. You are going to augment the insult that you have thrown to the OBC community by going and staging this kind of protest in Surat. Are you trying to pressurise the Indian judiciary through these gimmicks of yours?\u201d Patra said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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