Rahul Gandhi will visit his Lok Sabha district in Wayanad, Kerala, for two days from August 12 to August 13, according to a statement from Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal on Tuesday. This will be his first trip since being re-elected as a member of the Lok Sabha on Monday.
In this regard, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal took to Twitter and said,” On 12-13 August,Rahul Gandhi ji will be in his constituency, Wayanad! The people of Wayanad are elated that democracy has won and their voice has returned to Parliament! Rahul ji is not just an MP but a member of their family!”
Rahul Gandhi’s membership in the Lok Sabha was earlier reinstated on Monday by the Secretariat after the Supreme Court on August 4 stayed his conviction in the “Modi” surname remark case. In March 2023, the Congress leader who had been barred from the Lower House was re-elected as the MP for Wayanad.
The Supreme Court, in an interim order on Friday, stayed Gandhi’s conviction in the criminal defamation case over the ‘Modi surname’ remark.
The apex court issued notice to the Gujarat government in July on an appeal of the Congress leader challenging the Gujarat High Court order.
The Gujarat High Court, had, in its order earlier, declined to stay his conviction in the criminal defamation case in which Rahul was sentenced to two years in jail by the Surat court over the ‘Modi surname’ remark.
Gandhi lost his seat as a member of parliament for Kerala’s Wayanad on March 24 following his conviction in the case.