Rahul Gandhi changes Twitter bio to 'Dis'Qualified MP'

Rahul Gandhi changed his Twitter bio after a court in Gujarat’s Surat convicted him in a 2019 defamation case.

Rahul Gandhi, who was disqualified from the Lok Sabha on Friday, changed his Twitter bio to "Dis'Qualified MP". The word play on the social media site comes after a court in Gujarat’s Surat convicted him in a 2019 defamation case. The disqualification will bar the Congress leader, a four-time MP, from contesting polls for eight years unless a higher court stays his conviction.

Rahul Gandhi, 52, claimed that the action against him was taken because Prime Minister Narendra Modi was "scared” of his next speech in Parliament on the Adani issue and alleged that the "whole game” was to distract people from the issue and the panic the government was feeling over the matter.

मैं सच्चाई बोलता हूं, देश की ख़ातिर बोलता हूं। और आखिरी दम तक सच के रास्ते पर ही चलूंगा।

प्रधानमंत्री जी, बताइए #20000CroreKiskeHainpic.twitter.com/LO0tsYZTlk — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 25, 2023

The Congress has said that Rahul Gandhi is not alone and millions of Congressmen and people irrespective of their political affiliations will join him in this fight for truth and justice.

The party organised a day-long 'Satyagraha’ in front of Gandhi statues at all states and district headquarters on Sunday to protest against the disqualification. The satyagraha began at 10 am and is scheduled to end at 5 pm.

LIVE: Sankalp Satyagraha, Raj Ghat, New Delhi. https://t.co/ElTyxe5nC3 — Congress (@INCIndia) March 26, 2023

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took the stage during the protest at Raj Ghat in the national capital.

Meanwhile, a plea has been filed in the Supreme Court (SC) challenging the validity of Section 8(3) of the Representation of the Peoples Act, 1951 under which Rahul Gandhi was disqualified.

The plea states that automatic disqualification “restrains the members from freely discharging their duties cast upon them by the voters of their respective constituency, which is against the principles of democracy”.

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