BJP leader Purnesh Modi, who had filed a defamation
case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Gujarat over his “Modi surname”
remarks, was appointed as the party’s in-charge for political affairs in Dadra
Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu on Friday.
“Bharatiya Janata Party’s national president JP Nadda
has appointed Purnesh Modi as Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu in-charge and
Dushyant Patel co-incharge with immediate effect,” the party said in a
notification.
Purnesh Modi, the BJP’s Surat West MLA, had filed a
criminal defamation case in a Surat court against Mr Gandhi after he made the
remarks during a rally in Karnataka’s Kollar in April 2019.
In March, the Surat court convicted Gandhi and
sentenced him to two years imprisonment, following which he was disqualified as
an MP from the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency.
Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership was reinstated after the
Supreme Court stayed his conviction in August.
PTI
