Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified from Lok Sabha, the Lok Sabha Secretariat notified on Friday.

The disqualification follows Gandhi’s conviction by a court in Surat that sentenced him to two years in jail in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed against him over his “Modi surname” remarks.

The case was filed against Gandhi for his alleged “how come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?” remarks on a complaint lodged by BJP MLA and former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi.

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“Consequent upon his conviction by the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Surat in C.C./18712/2019, Shri Rahul Gandhi, Member of Lok Sabha representing the Wayanad Parliamentary Constituency of Kerala stands disqualified from the membership of Lok Sabha from the date of his conviction i.e. 23 March, 2023 in terms of the provisions of Article 102(1)(e) of the Constitution of India read with Section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951,” The Notification stated.