NEW YORK: Top Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna said that the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from Parliament is a "deep betrayal of Gandhian philosophy".
Sharing concern note on Twitter on Friday, Ro Khanna said: "The expulsion of Rahul Gandhi from Parliament is a deep betrayal of Gandhian philosophy and India's deepest values. This is not what my grandfather sacrificed years in jail for.
Flagging off Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his tweet, he Democratic Congressman said "you have the power to reverse this decision for the sake of Indian democracy". The tweet came as a reaction to a New York Times report, which said that "the expulsion of Rahul Gandhi is a devastating blow to the once-powerful Indian National Congress party".
The report further stated that the senior Congress leader and "several other politicians are now in danger through India's legal system".
"We will fight this battle both legally and politically. We will not be silenced or intimidated. Instead of a Jooint parliamentary Committee into the PM-linked Adani MahaMegaScam, Rahul Gandhi stands disqualified. Indian Democracy Om Shanti," Jairam Ramesh, Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications, wrote in a tweet.
It was on Friday that Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha a day after a Surat court convicted him for two years in a defamation case. He has been granted a one month bail in the case to allow him appeal in a higher court.
