Rahul Gandhi 'Not Guilty' In Defamation Case Over 2018 Amit Shah Remarks

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. A court in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur pronounced Gandhi 'not guilty' stating that his remarks were not defamatory. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Gandhi, appeared in person before the Special MP-MLA Court in Sultanpur for the pronouncement of the judgment. 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.