Gandhi, the 52-year-old scion of the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, was present at the Surat court, which gave him bail immediately and suspended the sentence for a month. The case was brought by a Gujarat lawmaker from Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The judgment was passed by a magistrate's court in the city of Surat, located in Modi's home state of Gujarat. Gandhi will appeal against the order in a higher court, but any jailing for him or his disqualification from parliament would be a blow to his Congress party ahead of the 2024 general election, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party is widely expected to win.
AHMEDABAD, India, March 23 (Reuters) - A lower court in India sentenced opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday to two years in jail on charges of defamation for a 2019 speech in which he referred to thieves as having the surname Modi.
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