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Raul Gandhi expelled from Indian parliament

Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi (second from left) arrives at the district court in Surat on Thursday, where he was found guilty of defamation for a 2019 campaign trail remark about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: AFP)

NEW DELHI: Top opposition figure Rahul Gandhi was expelled from India’s parliament on Friday, a day after his defamation conviction for a remark seen as an insult against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Modi’s government has been widely accused of using the law to target and silence critics, and the case in the premier’s home state of Gujarat is one of several lodged against his chief opponent in recent years.

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