Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has reached his parliamentary constituency
Wayanad (Kerala) for the first time after the membership of the Lok Sabha was restored. Addressing a public meeting in
Wayanad on Saturday, Rahul Gandhi said that there are thousands of people in Manipur who have suffered violence. Someone's house has been burnt, someone's sister has been raped, and someone's brother and parents have been killed. It is as if someone has thrown kerosene all over Manipur and set it on fire.
Rahul Gandhi said that I had gone to Manipur some time back. I have been in politics for 19 years and I have never experienced anything like what I experienced in Manipur.
PM and his cabinet were laughing
Further targeting PM Modi said that there is blood everywhere in Manipur, murder is happening everywhere, this is the situation in Manipur and the Prime Minister spoke for 2 hours, 13 minutes in the Parliament but he spoke for two minutes on Manipur, They laughed, they joked. His cabinet was laughing, joking.
Why didn't you try to stop the violence
Accusing PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi said that you (PM) speak for two minutes about the murder of 'Bharat Mata' (Manipur). How can you disrespect the idea of
India? Why didn't you go there? Why didn't you try to stop the violence? Because you are not a nationalist. Anyone who kills the idea of
India cannot be a nationalist.
BJP and RSS don't understand what is a family
Attacking strongly, he said that the
BJP and the RSS do not understand what a family is. They don't understand that the more they try to separate you and me, the closer we get. They feel that if we disqualify Rahul Gandhi, their
relationship with
Wayanad will break. If you disqualify Rahul Gandhi, his
relationship with
Wayanad will become stronger.
Rahul Gandhi meets members of the Toda tribal community
Earlier,
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi met members of the Toda tribal community at Muthunadu village near Ooty. Toda women asked Rahul Gandhi to return to this place as the Prime Minister. Simultaneously he visited the temple of the community deity and observed the traditional practices there.
Kerala
Congress Working President VT Siddiqui said that preparations have been made to warmly welcome Rahul Gandhi on his arrival in
Wayanad. Rahul Gandhi's parliament has been restored after the notification was issued from the Lok Sabha Secretariat earlier this week.
UDF workers warmly welcome Rahul Gandhi
Congress-led UDF workers warmly welcomed Rahul Gandhi during his visit to
Wayanad. Hundreds of
Congress workers raised slogans in support of Rahul Gandhi as soon as he reached there in the evening. Leaders of the
Congress-led opposition alliance in Kerala welcomed him.
The Supreme Court had stayed the sentence
The
Supreme Court had stayed the sentence of Rahul Gandhi in the Modi surname case. After which the way was cleared for the restoration of Rahul Gandhi's parliament. KC Venugopal tweeted, Rahul Gandhi will visit his Lok Sabha constituency
Wayanad on August 12-13. The people of
Wayanad are happy that democracy has won and their voice is back in Parliament. Rahul Gandhi is not just their MP but like a family member.
There was a dispute regarding the comment on Modi surname
In the year 2019, Rahul Gandhi made a comment regarding the Modi surname, due to which a defamation case was filed against him. In this case, the Surat court held Rahul Gandhi guilty and sentenced him to two years. Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the membership of Parliament on 24 March 2023 under the provision of the Representation of the People Act due to the punishment of two years. Rahul Gandhi appealed against the sentence in the Gujarat
High Court, but the Gujarat
High Court also upheld Rahul Gandhi's sentence. After which Rahul Gandhi turned to the
Supreme Court. Where the
Supreme Court stayed the sentence of Rahul Gandhi.