In a huge setback for the Congress party, its former president Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified from the Lok Sabha because of his conviction in a 2019 criminal defamation case. The Lok Sabha Secretariat also declared his constituency vacant. The Election Commission can now announce a special election for the seat. The Congress has called it a "conspiracy" to silence the Wayanad MP. On Breaking Views, we take on the question is it a conspiracy or the course of law?