A key congress party figure, was given a two year prison sentence for remarks about the prime minister s surname, modi, in a campaign speech in 2019. mr gandhi was an mp in the southern state of kerala. he remains on bailfor 30 days and has said he will appeal the verdict. from mumbai, the bbc s south asia correspondent yogita limaye says rahul gandhi s jail term for defamation is unusual in indian courts. it s in indian courts. extremely rare for someone to 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 have said it is a politically motivated move by the ruling party, the bjp. the case was registered by a member of the bjp, the court that rendered thejudgement is in prime minister modi s home state. bjp says 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
They say, we respect the court s decision. but scotland s future must be determined by the people of scotland. and we ve also heard from the uk prime minister rishi sunak. mr speaker, let me start by sayingm we respect the clear and definitive ruling of the supreme court of the united kingdom. i am looking forward to seeing the moderator of scotland tomorrow. and i think that the people of scotland want us to be working on fixing the major challenges that we collectively face. they simply don t quite have a majority in the scottish parliament, but with the scottish greens, they have a majority in terms of people who would like to see independence and to see that referendum. she didn t make any mention of that this morning, she was very much talking about a next uk election, which she would see that as being the first