India's Gandhi vows to keep fighting after removal from parliament

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NEW DELHI: Top Indian opposition figure Rahul Gandhi said Saturday (Mar 25) he would keep fighting for democracy after blaming his expulsion from parliament on his demands for a probe into a key business ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Gandhi, 52, was

in Modi's home state of Gujarat for a 2019 campaign-trail remark seen as an insult to the premier.

"They are used to everybody being scared of them," he said, in reference to the ruling party."I am not scared of them."prime minister's relationship with Gautam AdaniModi has been a close associate of Adani for decades but the latter's business empire has been subject of renewed attention this year after aGandhi's opposition Congress party has for weeks demanded a proper investigation by parliament of the allegations.

But he has struggled to challenge the electoral juggernaut of Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party and its nationalist appeals to the country's Hindu majority. His comments were seen as a slur against the prime minister, who went on to win the election in a landslide. A BJP spokesman said Thursday that the court acted with"due judicial process" in arriving at its judgement."EMASCULATION OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS"

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