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was given a two—year prison sentence on thursday for remarks about the prime minister's surname, modi, in a campaign speech in 2019. the congress party says it will challenge the verdict. here's the bbc�*s south asia correspondent, yogita limaye. it's extremely rare for someone to get a jail term for defamation in india. rahul gandhi's party, the congress, has called the court's verdict "erroneous" and "bizarre". they've said it's a politically motivated move by the ruling party, the bjp. the case was registered by a member of the bjp, the court which delivered thejudgement is in prime minister modi's home state. bjp saying this is the court's decision and the congress should not criticise the judiciary. it comes against the backdrop of a number of raids being conducted and cases being registered against a number of leaders of opposition parties. that is perhaps why we have seen so many of them today