Know about the BJP minister from Surat Purnesh Modi, his bio, age and family
The Gujarat court on Thursday convicted Rahul Gandhi, who is a congress leader for his comments on ‘Modi surname’ and handed out a two-year jail term to the Lok Sabha member from Wayanad. Purnesh Modi filed this complaint against him.
Rahul Gandhi was convicted by a Gujarat court in relation to his ‘Modi surname’ comments. He had made remarks at a rally in Karnataka’s Kolar when he was campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections of 2019. A case had been registered against him and it was filed by former Gujarat minister and BJP MLA Purnesh Modi.
Who is Purnesh Modi BJP Surat MLA who filed case against Rahul Gandhi, biography, family, history, net worth in 2023
Rahul Gandhi has been granted bail by the court and his sentence has been suspended for 30 days so that the disqualified minister gets a chance to appeal in high court.
#WATCH | "Don’t pretend to be a pressman…Kyun hawa nikal gayi?", says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to a journalist questioning him on his conviction in 'Modi surname' case pic.twitter.com/SdaaUeraoy
— ANI (@ANI) March 25, 2023
"fact checker" Md Zubair targeting ANI to defend Rahul Gandhi's ridiculing remark for a beat journalist, who is not an ANI reporter rather covering Gandhis for years. These tweets has thousands of likes. Couple of days back AltNews co-fo was endorsing DYC's concern for fake news. pic.twitter.com/LfzS6CbAHz
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Purnesh Modi’s case against Rahul Gandhi
This case has been filed as Rahul Gandhi said, “how come all the thieves have Modi as a common surname?” this complaint against Rahul Gandhi was lodged by a BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister, Purnesh Modi.
The member of Lok Sabha from Wayanad made alleged remarks while he was addressing a rally at the Kolar which is Karnataka ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2019.
Purnesh Modi career and education
Purnesh Modi was a minister in the first tenure of the Bhupendra Patel government and the ruling party legislator was re-elected from the Surat West Assembly seat in the December elections.
Purnesh Modi describes himself as “ex.cabinet minister Transport,Civil Aviation,Tourism and Pilgrimage Dev. Govt.Of Gujarat,Parliamentary Secretary,Ex-President”.
According to website, purneshmodi.in, he was born in 1965 and is aged 57 at the moment.
Date Of Birth
1965-10-22
Gender
Male
Place Of Birth
Surat
Permanent Address
4, Saidham Row House, Near Adajan Fire Station, Adajan, Surat- 395009
Constituency Name
Surat West
Profession
Government Employee
Citizenship
Indian
Party Name
BJP
Father’s Name
Ishwarlal Modi
Mother’s Name
NA
Spouse’s Name
Binaben Modi
Spouse’s Profession
Housewife
Assets & Liabilities
Assets
Rs: 17376755
Liabilities
Rs: 3564028
Purnesh Modi hails from the Adajan area of Surat in Gujarat and he lives with his family. Purnesh won the by-election for the 13th Legislative Assembly held in the state of Gujarat, 2013 to 2017 after the death of the then MLA Kishore Bhai.
Later on, Purnesh came up as BJP’s candidate for assembly by-polls of 2017, which was won by him. In an interview, Purnesh said, it was a bid to defame lakhs of families with the Modi surname. He has filed the complaint as sentiments of crores of people are hurt by Rahul Gandhi’s comment.’
Purnesh Modi grew up in poverty and when he was young, he worked as a tea seller. In 1992, he completed his LLB degree and then joined a law firm. He has been an MLA for 3 terms and he is BJP’s OBC face from Surat. He has worked in the tourism, aviation, and transport departments for the Indian government.