A court in western India has found opposition leader Rahul Gandhi guilty of defamation for a speech he made in 2019 in which he referred to thieves as having the surname Modi, and sentenced him two years in prison.
- ABC
Mr Gandhi was present at the court in Surat, a city in Gujarat, which is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state.
He was given bail and the sentence was suspended for 30 days.
The criminal defamation case was filed against Mr Gandhi by a leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), after a speech during the 2019 general election.
In the speech, he…