Rahul Gandhi: India's parliament disqualifies opposition leader

India opposition leader Rahul Gandhi defiant after sentence, disqualification

Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi fired back at India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party Saturday, declaring that not even a jail sentence or disqualification from Parliament will silence him.

Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi disqualified from Parliament House after Indian court convicts him over defamation case

India’s Lok Sabha (House of People) Secretariat Friday issued a notification of disqualification of Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi after he was convicted in a defamation case. The Lok Sabha Secretariat stated that Gandhi, who represented Kerala’s Wayanad Parliamentary Constituency, was disqualified under Article 102 (Disqualifications for membership) of the Constitution of India read with Section 8 (Disqualification on conviction for certain off…

India’s disqualified Gandhi says he will not stop asking Modi questions

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday he had been disqualified from parliament because he has been asking the prime minister tough questions about his relationship with Gautam Adani, founder of the embattled Adani conglomerate. Gandhi, who represented India’s main opposition Congress party in parliament, lost his seat on Friday, a day after a court in the western state of Gujarat convicted him in a defamatio…

India’s Rahul Gandhi accuses PM Modi of favoring Adani Group

India’s top opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said he was being targeted because he

India Expels Rahul Gandhi, Modi Critic, From Parliament

India's top opposition leader and fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was expelled from Parliament Friday.

Rahul Gandhi Expelled From Indian Parliament After Being Convicted of Defaming Modi

India’s top opposition figure Rahul Gandhi was expelled from Parliament after receiving a two-year jail sentence for defamation on Thursday, in what his supporters said was an attempt by the ruling party to silence its critics. In a statement released Friday, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said that Gandhi, who represented the Wayanad parliamentary constituency of Kerala, stood disqualified from the membership due to his recent conviction.  [pdf] The…