The Congress held protests across the country against the disqualification of party leader Rahul Gandhi from the Lok Sabha. Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Mallikarjun Kharge hit out at the BJP's over Mr Gandhi's disqualification and defamation conviction over his remark on the Modi surname. Priyanka Gandhi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the BJP's attacks against the Gandhi family and insulted his Kashmiri Pandit lineage.