Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

India’s democracy in detention

What happens to Gandhi has important implications for India’s future.

Rahul Gandhi’s conviction: Another dent in India’s declining democracy

The same system that drags criminal cases for years starts to work on speed when power wants it to.

Rahul Gandhi disqualified from India parliament

The Congress leader was disqualified as a member of India’s Lok Sabha a day after being convicted and sentenced to two years in prison in a defamation case filed over his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.