Congress ex-MP Renuka Chowdhury to file defamation case against PM Modi
New Delhi: Congress leader and former MP Renuka Chowdhury has said that she will file a defamation case against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his alleged ‘Surpanakha’ comment made in Parliament in 2018.
“Let's see how fast courts will act now..” the former Union minister tweeted on Thursday.
She also posted an old clip of Modi asking the chairman of the Rajya Sabha to let Chowdhury continue laughing as ‘such laughter was heard days after the Ramayana serial on television’.
Several Twitter users, however, pointed out to the former MP that Modi had not mentioned the word ‘Surpanakha’. They also said that she could not move the court over a statement made in the Parliament.
Chowdhury’s post follows the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday by a Surat court in a 2019 defamation case for asking, “How come all thieves have the surname ‘Modi’?”
Rahul Gandhi was sentenced to two years of imprisonment, which was suspended for 30 days, before which, he would have to appeal against the order.
This classless megalonaniac referred to me as Surpanakha on the floor of the house.
— Renuka Chowdhury (@RenukaCCongress) March 23, 2023
I will file a defamation case against him. Let's see how fast courts will act now.. pic.twitter.com/6T0hLdS4YW
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J.P. Nadda reviews Tamil Nadu BJP’s preparedness for 2026 Assembly poll
Chennai (PTI): BJP national president and Union Minister J.P. Nadda on Saturday reviewed the preparedness of the Tamil Nadu unit of the party in facing the 2026 Assembly election.
Nadda, who participated in the state core group meeting held here during his one-day visit to the city, advised the party senior functionaries to commence the preparatory work for the upcoming Assembly election and also carry out the organisational work of the party, a senior leader said.
The meeting, held with Tamil Nadu BJP chief and Legislature party leader Nainar Nagenthiran in the chair, was attended by national co-incharge of Tamil Nadu affairs P Sudhakar Reddy, TN unit’s co-convener H Raja, national Mahila Morcha president and legislator Vanathi Srinivasan, and former state presidents: Pon Radhakrishnan and Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan, among others.
"At the meeting, our state president Nainar Nagendran expressed the resolve to oust the DMK government from power in the 2026 election and ensure maximum number of BJP members in the state Assembly," the party’s senior functionary Vinoj P Selvam said.
Nadda, who is the Union Minister for Health, Chemicals and Fertilisers, is in the city to participate in the sixth international conference on Saiva Siddhanta being held under the auspices of the Dharmapuram Adheenam at the SRM Institute of Science & Technology, here.
