Watch: Rahul Gandhi hands over residence keys to officials, says goodbye to staff

Disqualified MP and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi moved all of his belongings from his official residence on Friday. A video of him handing over his keys to authorities was posted to Twitter and he can be seen saying goodbye to the staff.

The former Congress president was asked to leave the premises by 22nd April, following his disqualification from Lok Sabha after his conviction in a defamation case, which lead to a two-year sentence by a Surat court for his ‘Modi surname’ remark.

He had shifted his office and some personal belongings from the bungalow to his mother Sonia Gandhi’s residence on April 14.

Sources said Gandhi moved out his remaining articles on Friday evening from the bungalow which was allotted to him as an MP. A truck was seen moving out the building with his belongings.

He has been living in the bungalow for nearly two decades.

After shifting his office, he started living with his mother and Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at her 10, Janpath residence, the sources said.

A Surat court on March 23 had convicted Gandhi of defamation and given him two-year sentence, leading to his disqualification. He had challenged the magisterial court order in the sessions court in Surat which rejected his appeal to set aside the conviction which would have paved the way for his reinstatement as MP.

The party has said the sessions court order will be challenged in the Gujarat High Court next week.

A day after his disqualification, the Lok Sabha Secretariat had sent Gandhi a notice to vacate the premises by April 22.

Sources said Rahul Gandhi has been on a hunt for a space to set up his independent office.

(With inputs from PTI)

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