India's parliament disqualified the leader of the opposition Congress party, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday, a day after a magistrate's court jailed him for two years in a defamation case linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surname.
Gandhi "stands disqualified from the membership of Lok Sabha", a parliament notice said, referring to the lower house of parliament.
A close aide to Gandhi said the leader had already adhered with the court order and did not enter parliament on Friday during house proceedings."This battle will be fought both legally and politically," said Pawan Khera, the national spokesperson of the party. Congress party officials have described the judgment as politically motivated and blamed the government of Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party .
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