The Senior Congress Leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi today expressed grief on Rahul Gandhi ‘s plea  for a stay on his conviction rejected by the Surat court. The judgement will soon be challenged as per law, he added. The Surat court today dismissed Rahul Gandhi’s plea challenging his conviction in Modi ‘s Surname defamation case. On the other BJP has welcomed the verdict, demanding RG to apologise to the OBC community.

Addressing the mediapersons, senior Congress leader Singhvi said Rahul Gandhi will appeal in High Court now, though the dates are not decided but very soon. We are clear that the “Judgements are devoid of valid and sustainable legal reasoning” so we will move to Supreme Court. We are confident that the upper courts will set right the legal errors found in this judgement, he added. He accused Bhartiya Janata party, for their narrow political gains, they are trying to encash OBC community but their motive will never be fulfilled. Rahul Gandhi has always spoken truth, they cannot silence him. 

Reacting to the decision today, senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda  and Jairam Ramesh called it as politically motivated case.  Rahul Gandhi has moved to session court on April 3 against the lower court’s order. His lawyers have filed two applications, one was for stay of sentence and the other was stay of conviction till disposal of appeal. Rahul’s lawyers had argued that the defamation case on Modi surname was not justified. There was no need for maximum punishment in this case.