The leader of the Shiv Sena (UBT) Uddhav Thackeray has criticised Rahul Gandhi's expulsion from the Parliament as a "murder of democracy" on Friday.
Thackeray said that “calling a thief a thief” has become a crime in this nation who also claimed that this marks the "beginning of the end of dictatorship."
"This is the murder of democracy. All agencies are under pressure. This is the beginning of the end of the dictatorship...the battle only needs a direction (now)," Thackeray said, adding that those "looting" the country are still roaming free.
Gandhi disqualified from Lok Sabha
A day after a Surat court convicted him in a 2019 criminal defamation case, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said that Gandhi has been disqualified from the Lok Sabha. Announcing the disqualification, the Lok Sabha Secretariat in a notification said that it was effective from March 23.
"Consequent upon his conviction by the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Surat...Rahul Gandhi, Member of Lok Sabha representing the Wayanad Parliamentary Constituency of Kerala stands disqualified from the membership of Lok Sabha from the date of his conviction i.e. 23 March, 2023," the notification read.
On Thursday, the Surat court sentenced Rahul Gandhi to two years in jail in a defamation case, filed on a complaint by BJP MLA Purnesh Modi for his alleged remark, "How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?"
Followed by his disqualification, for six years, Rahul Gandhi would not be able to contest elections unless a higher court stays his conviction and sentence.
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