Rahul Gandhi still has time to apologise: Anurag Thakur

Rahul Gandhi still has time to seek apology from the nation, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said on Thursday, after a Gujarat court rejected the Congress leader*s plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a defamation case.

Gandhi was convicted last month in a case slapped by a Gujarat BJP MLA over the Congress leader*s remarks at a rally in Kolar which were deemed to be insulting to the entire Modi community.

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The former Congress president petitioned the sessions court in Gujarat, seeking a stay on his March 23 conviction in the criminal defamation case.

“Surat court rejecting Rahul Gandhi*s plea to stay his conviction in the defamation case has once again proved that the Congress dynast intentionally insulted the OBC community of India in the name of abusing & attacking PM Sri Narendra Modi,” Thakur said.

“Rahul Gandhi still has time to seek apology from the nation,” Thakur, a four-term Lok Sabha member, said.

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