Nidhi Razdan: Rahul Gandhi disqualified from Indian parliament

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00:00Rahul Gandhi's conviction in a criminal defamation case in which he's been sentenced to two years

00:09in jail, along with his quick disqualification from India's parliament, are unprecedented

00:14developments, but they also provide a unique opportunity for the Congress leader.

00:19If Rahul Gandhi plays his cards right, he could actually galvanize the Congress carder

00:24and turn this around, creating political sympathy for himself as well as his party.

00:29There's also been another unexpected fallout of these developments, which is how all opposition

00:35parties have come together in his support, including those parties that have been rather

00:40cold to the Congress until now.

00:42That includes Mamata Banerjee, K. Chandrasekhar Rao, as well as Arvind Kejriwal.

00:47At the moment, by doing what it has done, the BJP government looks weak, insecure, and

00:52frankly, a little afraid of Rahul Gandhi.

00:55The question is though, will the Congress use this moment to capitalize politically?