Indian opposition leader expelled from parliament after defamation conviction

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 after he was convicted of defamation for a remark implying the country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, was a criminal.

Senior members of Gandhi’s Congress party met on Friday morning to discuss the conviction and his two-year jail sentence when they received news of his expulsion.