AHMEDABAD, India: An Indian court on Thursday rejected a plea by top opposition figure Rahul Gandhi for a stay on a defamation conviction that prompted his expulsion from the South Asian country's parliament last month.
Gandhi, 52, who was sentenced to two years in prison for remarks he made in 2019 seen as insulting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and those sharing his surname, had been looking to overturn the conviction before national elections due next year.
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