Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader of India's main opposition Congress party, waves towards his party workers as he arrives at the New Delhi airport, after he appeared before a court in Surat in the western state of Gujarat, India, March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday he had been disqualified from parliament because he has been asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi tough questions about his relationship with Gautam Adani, founder of the Adani conglomerate.
Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party responded saying Gandhi had been punished under the law for a defamatory comment he made in 2019 and it had nothing to do with the Adani issue.
