Rahul Gandhi to appeal defamation conviction in court.

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi is set to appeal against his conviction and jail sentence in a criminal defamation case. He was sentenced to two years in jail by a court in Gujarat state for 2019 comments about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surname at an election rally. The Congress leader was also later disqualified as a lawmaker. Opposition leaders have accused the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of a political vendetta. The BJP has denied this, saying that due judicial process has been followed in the case.