Union Minister Milind Deora, a know Rahul acolyte had already tweeted yesterday itself giving an idea of his leader's thinking. Deora had tweeted:
"Legalities aside allowing convicted MPs/MLAs 2 retain seats in the midst of an appeal can endanger already eroding public faith in democracy"
Party colleague Congress MP Priya Dutt had tweeted this morning: "I do & always stand for clean politics and electoral reforms. Criminal free
parliament is the least we can do for India"