New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Friday alleged that the defamation laws were misused. This comes after the Gujarat High Court upheld the lower court’s conviction on senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the ‘Modi Surname Defamation Case.’

“Defamation law was misused… We trust the law system, the judiciary and the Supreme Court but the court above the apex court is people’s court. We are showing the people the cottage industry of hurling accusations set up by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers so that free speech stops…” said Singhvi while holding a press conference after HC’s verdict on Friday.

#WATCH | Gujarat High Court verdict on defamation case against Rahul Gandhi | Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi says, "Defamation law was misused…We trust the law system, the judiciary and the Supreme Court but the court above the apex court is people's court. We are showing the… pic.twitter.com/NOv5scLy58

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Singhvi clarified that the next step the Indian National Congress will take is to knock doors of the Supreme Court seeking relief to Rahul Gandhi in the case as the latter was disqualified from Lok Sabha following the conviction.

While addressing the conference, the Congress leader lashed out at the Centre and said that the latter wants to thrawtle freedom of speech of media and Rahul Gandhi.

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“We will fight both the political battle and the legal battle,” wrote Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on his Twitter handle. The Congress chief said that Rahul Gandhi had always fought for the truth and will do so in future too.

Singhvi added that, “the court order was disappointing but not unexpected.”

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Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Friday asserted that the “arrogant regime” wanted to supress the questions Rahul Gandhi has been asking regarding public interest.

Responding to the Gujarat High Court verdit in the Modi surname defamation case, Vadra said, “Arrogant regime wants that questions of public interest should not be raised, arrogant power wants that questions that improve the lives of the people of the country should not be raised, arrogant power wants that they should not be asked questions on inflation, nothing on employment of youth.”