Rahul Gandhi of Congress party had asked why ‘all thieves have Modi as [their] common surname’
The Indian opposition leader, Rahul Gandhi, has been expelled from parliament 24 hours afterfor a remark implying the country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, was a criminal.
The party knew that under Indian law anyone who receives a two-year sentence is automatically disqualified to serve as a legislator. But it assumed that Gandhi, 52, would have time to appeal to a higher court first. Instead, the office of the speaker of the house informed Gandhi that he was disqualified from the date of his conviction.
Gaurav Gogoi, another prominent Congress figure, told NDTV: “With this action, the BJP has ended up proving Rahul’s point that democracy is sinking under Narendra Modi and this is the final nail in the coffin.” Knowing that the appeal process will take time, Congress has mobilised its members to come out on to the streets in protest.
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