India court refuses stay on Rahul Gandhi’s Modi ‘insult’ conviction, thwarting his right to stand for election
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The opposition leader was sentenced to two years in 2019 for comments said to be insulting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and those sharing his surname, and this verdict leaves him ineligible to stand in next year’s election.