Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Thursday welcomed the conviction of Rahul Gandhi for his remarks over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname and said he should also be booked for “insulting” national icons like V D Savarkar and “defaming” the country abroad.
“He should also be booked for insulting national icons like Veer Savarkar and defaming the country abroad (a reference to Gandhi’s recent comments at Cambridge University which has stoked controversy),” Mhatre said.
A court in Surat in Gujarat on Thursday sentenced Gandhi to two years in jail in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed against him over his Modi surname remarks.