Rahul Gandhi was on Friday disqualified as an MP from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in compliance with the Surat trial court order, which had on Thursday convicted him in a criminal defamation case and sentenced him to two years, in a development which escalated BJP's confronation with Congress and widened its arc with many others in the opposition rallying for the Congress leader.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rahul-gandhi-disqualified-as-mp-cant-contest-polls-for-8-years-if-conviction-not-stayed/articleshow/98979087.cms