India’s Congress lawmakers wear black to protest Rahul Gandhi’s dismissal | U.S. & World
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 27, 2023
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Lawmakers belonging to India's main opposition Congress party wore black outfits, held placards that said "Save Democracy" and threw paper in parliament on Monday in protest against the disqualification of their leader Rahul Gandhi from the chambers.
Gandhi, 52, lost his parliament seat on Friday, a day after a court in the western state of Gujarat convicted him and sentenced him to two years in jail for a defamatory comment he made during an election campaign rally in 2019 . . .
