Rahul Gandhi appeals to India's top court over conviction

Rahul Gandhi is the leading face of the Congress party, once the dominant force in Indian politics but now a shadow of its former self.

NEW DELHI (AFP): Top Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi appealed to the country's highest court on Saturday over his conviction for defamation, one of his lawyers said, days after a lower court refused to intervene.

Gandhi was sentenced to two years' jail for comments he made in 2019 which a court ruled were insulting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and those sharing his last name.