BENGALURU, June 7 — An Indian court today granted bail to opposition leader Rahul Gandhi in the latest of several defamation cases brought against him for accusing Prime Minister...
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Gandhi, 53, has faced numerous legal cases brought by members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and was last year briefly disqualified from parliament after a criminal libel conviction. The latest case stems from advertisements published by Gandhi’s Congress party accusing the BJP of corruptly taking commissions from infrastructure projects in southern Karnataka state.He was granted bail in a five-minute procedural hearing held to determine if he should remain at liberty, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala confirmed to AFP.
The sentence did however force his brief disqualification from parliament until the Supreme Court suspended his conviction.
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