Opposition leader was found guilty last month, given suspended jail term and barred from parliament
The Indian opposition leader
Gandhi was accompanied by his younger sister, Priyanka Vadra, en route from the airport to the court in a bus with large windows through which Gandhi waved at supporters. Modi and his BJP swept back to power in that election. Gandhi’s Congress party recorded its worst performance ever, winning 52 seats in the 542-member lower house of parliament.
“The 2019 speech was not aimed at defaming millions of people having the surname Modi,” Panwala told Reuters.Two more defamation cases have been filed elsewhere against Gandhi for the same comment and he is due to appear in court for one of them in the eastern city of Patna on 12 April.
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