The Indian Overseas Congress held a protest in opposition to the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as an MP in London via way of means of the Gandhi statue in London`s Parliament Square, calling the Centre`s move `undemocratic`, `unconstitutional`, and `unparliamentary`.
“Disqualifying Rahul Gandhi is an try and instill worry in human beings to reveal that some thing can occur in case you pass in opposition to the government, or the BJP. His sentencing withinside the 2019 defamation case over the Modi surname statement became maximized in order that he may be disqualified. This is an act to distract the country from the Adani issue,” stated Kamal Dhaliwal, the Indian Overseas Congress chief.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat on Friday disqualified Gandhi as MP from Wayanad in Kerala, an afternoon after the Surat courtroom docket convicted him withinside the 2019 crook defamation case for his statement, “How come all thieves have Modi because the not unusualplace surname?”
“We from the Indian diaspora and the Congress sense that is undemocratic, unconstitutional, and unparliamentary. Freedom of speech is being curbed in India. India is a democracy and Rahul Gandhi must be allowed to position his factor withinside the parliament,” stated IOC Secretary Asra Anjum.
About 60 human beings became up for the protest in which resentment became expressed on the remedy meted out to Rahul Gandhi. Flowers had been laid on the toes of Mahatma Gandhi, symbolic of the non violent however forceful motion he ran and the family`s affiliation with it.
The IOC stated that this became simply the beginning, extra such protests could be organised on a larger scale if motion in opposition to Rahul Gandhi escalated in India.
