New Delhi: Ahead of the crucial no-confidence motion against the government on Tuesday brought by the Opposition parties on the Manipur issue, the Congress got a shot in the arm with the Lok Sabha secretariat on Monday restoring Rahul Gandhi’s membership of the House.
Gandhi, who had earlier visited Manipur, is expected to open the debate when the no-confidence motion is taken up for discussion in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Rahul was disqualified from the Lok Sabha after a trial court at Surat in Gujarat convicted him in a defamation case and sentenced him to two years in prison for his remark pertaining to people with Modi surname.
The apex court, in an order on Friday, had put a stay on Rahul Gandhi’s conviction paving the way for his return to the Lok Sabha.
“After Shri Rahul Gandhi’s reinstatement as an MP, BJP should concentrate in governance rather than targeting Opposition leaders,” Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said in a tweet.