Rahul Gandhi To Vacate MP Bungalow, Letter Cites “Happy Memories”

Rahul Gandhi, requested to vacate his bungalow in Delhi after his disqualification as an MP, wrote again these days announcing he might abide via way of means of the eviction word. The Congress chief became the previous day given word to vacate his 12 Tughlaq Lane bungalow via way of means of April 23.

“As an elected Member of the Lok Sabha during the last 4 terms, it’s far the mandate of the human beings to which I owe the glad recollections of my time spent here,” Rahul Gandhi wrote again these days to the Lok Sabha secretariat.

“Without prejudice to my rights, I will, of course, abide via way of means of the information contained to your letter,” he stated. Rahul Gandhi, who debuted as an MP in 2004, had occupied the bungalow considering that 2005.

He became disqualified as an MP on Friday, an afternoon after a courtroom docket in Gujarat convicted him in a 4-year-vintage defamation case related to his “Modi surname” remarks and sentenced him to 2 years in jail. While campaigning for the 2019 trendy election, the Congress chief had reputedly stated, “How come all thieves have the surname Modi?”

Rahul Gandhi has 30 days to report an appeal, and if the judgment is reversed, so will his disqualification. Two days after his disqualification, at a breakneck velocity in keeping with the Congress, got here the eviction word from the Lok Sabha housing panel.

The Congress additionally factors out that as a “Z-Plus” protectee, Rahul Gandhi is entitled to lodging supplied via way of means of the government. The BJP has rubbished Congress`s accusation of vindictive politics.

“You recognize the strains of propriety, what is appropriate withinside the political system, the felony system. He (Rahul Gandhi) has been convicted via way of means of a courtroom docket. Then, there are automated procedures,” Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri stated the previous day.