Congress chief Rahul Gandhi had utilized for an abnormal passport after surrendering the outdated diplomatic passport issued to him when he was an MP. (Picture: PTI/File)
Sources stated the passport workplace had assured Congress chief Rahul Gandhi within the morning that the passport can be issued to him on Sunday and he obtained it within the afternoon
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi acquired a brand new abnormal passport on Sunday, two days after a Delhi court docket gave its clearance, sources stated. He had utilized for an abnormal passport after surrendering the outdated diplomatic passport issued to him when he was an MP, and is ready to journey to US on Monday night for a three-city tour.
Gandhi was disqualified as an MP in March following his conviction and two-year sentence by a Gujarat court docket in a defamation case over his alleged ‘Modi surname’ comment. The sources stated the passport workplace had assured Gandhi within the morning that the passport can be issued to him on Sunday and he obtained it within the afternoon.
The Congress chief had moved a Delhi court docket, which on Friday granted the no-objection certificates to him for the issuance of an ‘abnormal passport’ for 3 years as a substitute of 10, the interval for which it’s usually issued. This was following an objection by BJP chief Subramanian Swamy, who’s the complainant within the Nationwide Herald case. Gandhi is an accused within the case.
Beginning with San Francisco, the place he’s scheduled to work together with college students on the prestigious Stanford College, Gandhi will deal with a press convention and have conferences with lawmakers and assume tanks in Washington DC. The Congress chief can also be prone to deal with Indian Individuals and work together with Wall Road executives and college college students throughout his week-long tour of the USA. He’s slated to conclude his journey with a public gathering in New York on June 4. The interplay would happen on the Javits Middle in New York.
The court docket, whereas giving clearance for issuing the passport, famous that the Nationwide Herald case was pending on the stage of cross-examination of the complainant in pre-charge proof and Gandhi has been recurrently showing both in particular person or by way of his counsel and has not hampered or delayed the proceedings.
On March 24, the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala was declared vacant after Rahul Gandhi, who represented it within the Lok Sabha, was disqualified following his conviction in a defamation case by which he was sentenced to a two-year jail time period. The Congress chief’s sentence has been suspended, pending enchantment.
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