Rahul Gandhi’s membership in the LokSabha is reinstated on Monday by the LokSabha Secretariat after it was revoked in March 2023.

This decision came after the Supreme Court on August 4 stayed his conviction in the ‘Modi’ surname remark case.

The Congress leader has been reinstated as the Member of Parliament from Kerela’s Wayanad.

“In continuation of Notification No. 21/4(3)/2023/TO(B), dated the 24th March 2023, the Supreme Court of India has passed an order on 04.08.2023 in Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No. 8644/2023, staying the conviction of Shri Rahul Gandhi, Member of Lok Sabha representing the Wayanad Parliamentary Constituency of Kerala, which was ordered by the judgment dated 23.03.2023 of the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Surat in C.C./18712/2019”, an official notification issued by Lok Sabha secretariat read.

“In view of order dated 04.08.2023 of the Supreme Court of India, the disqualification of Shri Rahul Gandhi, notified vide Gazette Notification no. 21/4(3)/2023/TO(B) dated the 24th March, 2023 in terms of the provisions of Article 102(1)(e) of the Constitution of India read with Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, has ceased to operate subject to further judicial pronouncements”, it added.

Recently, the Supreme Court, in an interim order, stayed Gandhi’s conviction in the criminal defamation case over the ‘Modi surname’ remark.