Rahul’s Plea Rejected

Surat: A court in Gujarat’s Surat city on Thursday rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s application for a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi Surname” remark.

The court of additional sessions judge R P Mogera rejected Rahul’s application filed for a relief pending his appeal against a lower court’s order sentencing him to two years in jail in the case.

Rahul had on April 3 approached the sessions court for appeal against the lower court’s order.