Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appeared before a magistrate’s court in Surat on Thursday to record his final statement in a criminal defamation suit filed by a Gujarat MLA over the former’s remark on the “Modi surname”. <br />BJP legislator from Surat Purnesh Modi had filed a complaint against Rahul Gandhi in April 2019 under IPC Sections 499 and 500, that deal with defamation. <br />In his complaint, the MLA had alleged that Rahul Gandhi defamed the entire Modi community by saying “How come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?” while addressing a poll rally in 2019.
