Modi Surname Row

After Surat Court, the Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, moved the Gujarat High Court, demanding stay order on his conviction in the 2019 Defamation Case. Notably, a Surat Court found Gandhi guilty of his "Modi Surname" row, and pronounced two years imprisonment. Reacting to the imprisonment, the Congress leader moved the Surat Court, following which he finally filed a plea to the Gujarat High Court.

In a relief to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the Surat Session Court approves bail for him in the 2019 Defamation Case. In the court hearing, the court granted the bail for "Why all Modis are thieves" remark and adjourned the matter to May 3. Notably, earlier in the day, the Congress leader moved the session court, challenging conviction in the case, requesting a bail in two-year imprisonment into matter.

The Rahul Gandhi conviction intensified as the Indian National Congress leader will challenge the conviction of the Surat Court in the Modi Surname row. In a statement, Gandhi filed a petition, asking the sessions court to set aside the Magistrate's order convicting him in the defamation case. Notably, a Surat court found Rahul Gandhi guilty for his remark and convicted him with two-year imprisonment, creating a political ruckus.