<p>Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said he is fighting for the voice of India and is ready to pay any price, hours after he was disqualified from Lok Sabha.</p>.<p><strong>Also read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/rahul-gandhi-disqualified-as-lok-sabha-mp-after-conviction-1203066.html" target="_blank">Rahul Gandhi disqualified as Lok Sabha MP after conviction</a></strong></p>.<p>In a tweet in Hindi, the 52-year-old former Congress president said, "I am fighting for the voice of India. I am ready to pay any price."</p>.<p>Announcing his disqualification, the Lok Sabha Secretariat in a notification said it was effective from March 23, the day of his conviction.</p>.<p>On Thursday, a court in Surat sentenced Gandhi to two years in jail in a defamation case, filed on a complaint by BJP MLA Purnesh Modi for his remark, "How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?"</p>
<p>Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said he is fighting for the voice of India and is ready to pay any price, hours after he was disqualified from Lok Sabha.</p>.<p><strong>Also read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/rahul-gandhi-disqualified-as-lok-sabha-mp-after-conviction-1203066.html" target="_blank">Rahul Gandhi disqualified as Lok Sabha MP after conviction</a></strong></p>.<p>In a tweet in Hindi, the 52-year-old former Congress president said, "I am fighting for the voice of India. I am ready to pay any price."</p>.<p>Announcing his disqualification, the Lok Sabha Secretariat in a notification said it was effective from March 23, the day of his conviction.</p>.<p>On Thursday, a court in Surat sentenced Gandhi to two years in jail in a defamation case, filed on a complaint by BJP MLA Purnesh Modi for his remark, "How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?"</p>