Rahul Gandhi Back as MP: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was today reinstated to the parliament following a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case for his 'Modi surname' remark.
Lakshadweep NCP MP Mohammed Faizal was disqualified within two days of sentencing in January; he was not reinstated as MP till March end, with the LS Secretariat finally doing so hours before his hearing in Court
The grant of stay by the SC essentially means that Rahul's conviction will be kept in abeyance as though it did not exist. His disqualification from Parliament flowed from the conviction and with the grant of stay, no grounds any longer exist for the disqualification.
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