George Abraham, Vice-Chair of the Indian Overseas Congress, has hailed the decision of the Supreme Court to stay Mr. Rahul Gandhi’s conviction and requested the Speaker of the Lok Sabha to annul his disqualification so that he could continue to represent the people who have overwhelmingly elected him. “This was a calculated effort on the part of the powers that be to silence a voice that has shown immense courage in confronting this administration on its misgovernance. It was indeed a blot on democracy and freedom of expression, and by staying the conviction, the Supreme Court has once again pointed to the affirmation of that right”. Said George Abraham, Vice-Chair of the Indian Overseas Congress, USA.One often wonders if Rahul Gandhi is such an ineffective and failed leader, why BJP is so focused on targeting him. The truth is that he is one of the few at the forefront to expose the duplicity and wrongdoings of this administration and is unafraid to expose corruption at the highest levels and confront even the Prime Minister on issues like Rafael’s purchases or the Adani scam inside the parliament. Through all this, he may have paid a very high price for that. The disqualification was done at lightning speed, and one would only hope his reinstatement would follow the same mode.
