The stay on his conviction will allow Rahul Gandhi to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The 53-year-old former Congress President is also set to make his return to the Lok Sabha.
Rahul Gandhi's conviction in the defamation case saw him being disqualified from the Lok Sabha and this order could play a key role in his eligibility to contest in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Senior leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who was one of the lawyers who had argued the case on behalf of Rahul Gandhi, said that soon we would see the Congress leader return to the Parliament with important questions for the government to answer
Rahul Gandhi s conviction in the Modi Surname remark case has been stayed by the Supreme Court of India. However, the apex court has not yet adjudicated the case. The order by SC allows Rahul Gandhi s status as the MP of Wayanad to be reinstated