Asifabad, March 25: Telangana Legislative Party Leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka alleged that the cancellation of Lok Sabha membership of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was the result of a conspiracy hatched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.
According to a press release from CLP, Bhatti Vikarmarka led a massive rally of over 2,000 people in Asifabad on Saturday evening in protest against the cancellation of Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership.
Speaking on the occasion, Bhatti said that the BJP Govt used defamation as a tool to target Rahul Gandhi. He said Rahul Gandhi was convicted by the Surat Court in a false case which sentenced him to two years. Although the court immediately granted bail and stayed the sentence for 30 days allowing Rahul Gandhi to file an appeal in the High Court, the Lok Sabha Secretariat acted in a haste to cancel his membership with immediate effect. He said that the decision was unconstitutional and based on political vendetta.
The CLP leader said while the Speaker of the Lok Sabha has discretionary power to expel or suspend a member from the legislature, this discretionary power should be in accordance with the spirit of the Constitution. However, he said in the case of Rahul Gandhi, the provisions of the Constitution were not honoured and he was targetted for political reasons.