Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was not the only politician who has lost membershipꦆ of the legislature after being convicted by a court and𒐪 there was nothing to create a hue and cry about it.
Speaking at the 'News 18 Rising India💜' programme here, Shah said Gandhi should go to a higher court to fight his case. Instead, Shah added, he has been trying to put blame on Prime Minister Narendra ꦿModi.
"He has not appealed to take stay on his conviction. What kind of arrogance is this? You want favour. You want to continue as an MP and will also not go be𝕴fore the court," he said, adding from where such arrogance comes from.
"This gentleman is not the first one. Politicians who held much bigger positions and with much more experience have lost their membership beca🐻use of this provision," the home minister said.
He said as many as 17 politicians, including former Chief Ministers Lalu Prasad (Bihar) and J Jayalalithaa (Tamil Nadu), were convicted by the cour🥂ts when they were either member of an assembly or the Parli♌ament and they had much more experience than Gandhi.
The home minister said it was Gandhi who tore an ordinance during the previo🅷us UPA government which could have helped him now.
He said it's the law of the country that anyone who is convicted by a court lose his or her membership of either Parliament or as𝓀sembl𓆉y.
“The Congress has many big lawyers and some of them are Rajya Sabha members. They should advise him about th🃏e legal issues,” he said.
Asked about the immediate notice to Gandhi to vacate his official residence, Shah said t👍here was no hurry and 🦄it was just a natural process.
“It is the law 🗹of the country that all of his speeches in Parliament would have to be removed from the records💝 from the moment he was convicted. Even if his disqualification notice was served a few days later, it would have made no difference,” he said.
-With PTI Input
