Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury met Speaker Om Birla and demanded that Rahul’s membership be restored
New Delhi: For now, the Congress is trying to figure out how soon Rahul’s membership can be restored. Soon after the Supreme Court verdict was announced, Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury met Speaker Om Birla and demanded that Rahul’s membership be restored at the earliest. According to sources, Rahul himself will go to the Parliament Secretariat with a copy of the verdict in hand. In fact, the Congress wants Rahul to return to Parliament before discussing the no-confidence motion that has been moved in Parliament on the Manipur issue anyway. If the former president of the party is in the Lok Sabha, he will also be the main speaker of the party.But the Congress has completely implemented this plan. It depends on the speaker.
In fact, there is no deadline for how long an MP will have to be reinstated if his sentence is revoked. In that case, Rahul’s sentence has been waived today, and there is no such obligation that he will get back as an MP tomorrow. The last time Lakshadweep MP Mohammad Faisal was reinstated was in this manner. Even after the High Court set aside Faisal’s conviction, the Lok Sabha Secretariat did not reinstate him as an MP for a long time. Later, he had to file a case against the Parliament Secretariat in the Supreme Court. However, faisal was finally reinstated as an MP before the verdict in the case was pronounced. By then, a month had passed. In Rahul’s case, it remains to be seen how long the Speaker will take. Significantly, the Congress leader’s membership was revoked within a day of his conviction.