NEW DELHI: A special MP/MLA court in Sultanpur on Monday dismissed a 2018 criminal defamation case against Lok Sabha leader of opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi regarding his remarks against Amit Shah.The case against Rahul relates to alleged objectionable remarks he made about Amit Shah, who was then the BJP president, at a rally in Bengaluru ahead of the 2018 Karnataka assembly elections."This matter dates back to May 2018, when, during a press conference in Bengaluru, Rahul Gandhi made objectionable remarks about the then-national president of the BJP, Amit Shah," said Kashi Prasad Shukla, one of the counsel in the case, as quoted by news agency ANI.
"He referred to him as an accused in a murder case," he added.Vijay Mishra, a local BJP politician and former chairman of the District Cooperative Bank in Sultanpur, filed a defamation complaint against Gandhi on August 4, 2018. The Congress leader appeared before the court in 2023 and secured bail.
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