Rahul Gandhi reinstated as Wayanad MP after Supreme Court relief in defamation case, to attend Parliament

Congress’s Rahul Gandhi was reinstated as Wayanad MP by the Lok Sabha secretariat after the Supreme Court’s relief in the Modi surname defamation case.

On August 4, the apex had stayed Gandhi’s conviction in the case, paving the way for his reinstatement as Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad in Kerala.

Gandhi was disqualified as LS MP on March 24 after the metropolitan court in Surat in Gujarat sentenced him to two years in jail in the case a day earlier.

On July 7, the Gujarat High Court dismissed his plea seeking a stay on the conviction, after which he approached the apex court on July 15.