30 March,2023 08:31 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Rahul Gandhi
A petition challenging Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's conviction and sentencing by a trial court in Surat in a defamation case is ready and is likely to be filed very soon, sources said on Wednesday.
The party's top legal advisers are working on the review petition, which will be filed before the Surat sessions court in a day or two, they added.
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Gandhi was convicted and was given a two-year sentence in the 2019 defamation case over his remarks on Modi surname, following which he was disqualified as MP of Lok Sabha.
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