Rahul Gandhi stops Karnataka election speech during Azaan | Watch video

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, while addressing an election rally in Tumkur, stopped his speech during the call of Azaan. Rahul Gandhi was addressing a public gathering when another Congress leader went on stage to alert the former Wayanad MP about the Azaan. Rahul Gandhi is then seen stopping his speech.

RAHUL GANDHI STOPS SPEECH DURING AZAAN | WATCH

Lashing out at the BJP government in the southern state, the former Wayanad MP said, "For the last three years, BJP has only done corruption here. The people of Karnataka call this regime a "40 per cent government", as they take a 40 per cent cut or commission from contractors. The PM was also aware of this. So I would like to ask him why he didn't take any action on it."

The state of Karnataka is going to polls on 10 May. The vote counting in the Karnataka Assembly election 2023 will be held on 13 May. The vote counting in 224 Assembly constituencies will begin at 8 am.

Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as a member of the Lok Sabha after a Gujarat court convicted and sentenced him for two years in connection with a criminal defamation case.

The case was filed by a BJP member over a comment he made using the surname 'Modi' at a campaign ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, in Kolar, Karnataka.

After his conviction and sentencing, Rahul Gandhi moved a higher court challenging his conviction in the ‘Modi surname’ case. But in a setback, the court upheld his conviction in the case.

The matter, which has been transferred to Gujarat High Court, will hear the matter on 2 May.

Addressing a rally in Kolar in April 2019, Rahul, in a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said, “How come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?”

As per an earlier Supreme Court ruling, any MP or MLA is automatically disqualified if convicted and sentenced for two years or more.

(With agency inputs)