Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who was present at the meeting suggested that Congress must focus on winning the Karnataka Assembly polls this year as a befitting reply to the BJP.
According to sources, an MP also suggested that all MPs of the Congress can tender mass resignations as a way of protesting against Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification. What is more likely is the formation of a committee to discuss the next course of action in this matter, as per a source quoted.
Source:- MSN
The emergency meeting included the attendance of the Steering Committee, PCC chiefs, CLP leaders, and chiefs of frontal organizations, departments, and cells at the AICC Office.
Rahul Gandhi, on March 23, was disqualified as a Lok Sabha member after being convicted in a 2019 criminal defamation case by a Surat court over his ‘Modi surname’ remark. This decision was heavily criticized by Congress including other Opposition parties. Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that the party will continue to fight this battle.
Source: Times of India
Furthermore, the party alleged that the move was a strangulation of democracy. Congress national spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said, The issue before us is political, more than it is legal. It is a political issue because it signifies the systematic, repetitive emasculation of democratic institutions by the ruling party. It signifies the strangulation of democracy itself.
We know that defamation is an exception to free speech, but over the last several years, we have had repeated examples of unthinkable assaults on freedom of speech, more importantly, freedom after speech. We all know that Rahul Gandhi has been speaking fearlessly inside and outside Parliament. He is paying a price for it, he said as quoted by the report.
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