A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur pronounced Gandhi ‘not guilty’ stating that his remarks were not defamatory. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, has been acquitted in a defamation case over his remarks against then-BJP president and currrent Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a rally in 2018.
In 2018, the then BJP District Vice President, Vijay Mishra, had filed a criminal defamation case under Sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against Gandhi over his remarks at a rally in Bengaluru ahead of the 2018 Karnataka Assembly elections.
Rahul Gandhi ji is going to Sultanpur for that case only. Because i am a 33-year-old worker of the party, “I was the vice president of BJP when this incident happened…When I heard these allegations, I felt very pained. I filed a complaint regarding this through my lawyer and this continued for almost five years,” Vijay Mishra had told ANI on November 28, 2023, after the Court issued a summon to Gandhi. Earlier reporting noted: Rahul Gandhi acquitted in 2018 defamation case over remarks against Amit Shah, says Congress A special MP/MLA court in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, on Monday acquitted Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in a 2018 criminal defamation case over his alleged objectionable remarks against Amit Shah, who was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president at the time. Earlier reporting noted: The court summoned Gandhi to face trial in November 2023. The Congress leader subsequently appeared before the court and secured bail in February 2024.
Ahead of the judgment, Uttar Pradesh Congress president Aradhana Mishra ‘Mona’ had told PTI Videos, “We have complete faith in the judiciary.
Earlier reporting noted: The Uttar Pradesh Congress welcomed the verdict, saying in a statement in Hindi that the court had acquitted Rahul Gandhi in the defamation case concerning his remarks against Amit Shah.
