India Court Sentences Rahul Gandhi to Jail for Mocking Modi
- Gandhi gets bail for a month to appeal in higher court
- Conflict between opposition and ruling coalition has hardened
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Rahul Gandhi, the senior leader of India’s main opposition Congress party, has been convicted by a local court of defamation and sentenced to two years in jail after allegedly making offensive remarks in 2019 about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname.
A court in the western city of Surat found Gandhi guilty, but granted him bail and suspended the sentence for 30 days to allow him to appeal in a higher court, the Press Trust of India reported, quoting the Congress leader’s lawyer, Babu Mangukiya.