India’s parliament has disqualified prominent opposition leader Rahul Gandhi as an MP, a day after he was handed a two-year prison sentence over a 2019 remark made against prime minister Narendra Modi.

A parliament notice issued on Friday said that the Congress Party’s Mr Gandhi stands disqualified from membership of the lower house from the date of his conviction, in compliance with the constitutional requirements.

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