Rahul Gandhi changes Twitter bio after Parliament disqualification
New Delhi: After the disqualification as an MP from the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi changed his Twitter bio from “Member of Parliament” to "Dis'Qualified MP".
At present, the description of his Twitter account says, "This is the official account of Rahul Gandhi | Member of the Indian National Congress | Dis'Qualified MP." Meanwhile, the Congress party is holding a day-long ‘Satyagraha' to protest against Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from Lok Sabha.
After Gandhi’s conviction in a defamation case for remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he was disqualified as a Lok Sabha member.
"How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname," he had allegedly remarked at a rally in Karnataka's Kolar, ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The remark was projected by the ruling BJP as a smear campaign against those sharing the Modi surname and the backward community.
His remarks led to multiple defamation cases in various states. A court in Gujarat, the home state of PM Modi, found him guilty on Thursday and sentenced him to two years in jail. The court, however, granted Gandhi bail and suspended the sentence for 30 days to allow him to appeal in a higher court.
Wayanad parliamentary seat in Kerala is declared vacant, following Gandhi's removal from office. He was elected from Wayanad, his second seat, in 2019 but lost the election in Amethi, his seat since 2004.
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Hamas accepts cease-fire proposal for Gaza, but Israel's stance still uncertain
Jerusalem, May 6: Hamas announced Monday it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, but there was no immediate word from Israel, leaving it uncertain whether a deal had been sealed to bring a halt to the seven-month-long war in Gaza.
It was the first glimmer of hope that a deal might avert further bloodshed. Hours earlier, Israel ordered some 100,000 Palestinians to begin evacuating the southern Gaza town of Rafah, signalling that an attack was imminent. The United States and other key allies of Israel oppose an offensive on Rafah, where around 1.4 million Palestinians, more than half of Gaza's population, are sheltering.
An official familiar with Israeli thinking said Israeli officials were examining the proposal, but the plan approved by Hamas was not the framework Israel proposed.
An American official also said the US was still waiting to learn more about the Hamas position and whether it reflected an agreement to what had already been signed off on by Israel and international negotiators or something else. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as a stance was still being formulated.
Details of the proposal have not been released. Touring the region last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had pressed Hamas to take the deal, and Egyptian officials said it called for a cease-fire of multiple stages starting with a limited hostage release and some Israeli troop pullbacks from Gaza. The two sides would also negotiate a “permanent calm” that would lead to a full hostage release and greater Israeli withdrawal, they said.
