Rahul Gandhi acquitted in 2018 defamation case over remarks on Amit Shah

Senior Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday received a breather from the Special MP/MLA Court in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur that dismissed a 2018 criminal defamation case against him. The pretained to Gandhi's remarks on Union Home Minister Amit Shah, whom he had described as an accused in a murder case.

The verdict was passed by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Shubham Verma, who said the remarks made by the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha



were not defamatory. Notably, Gandhi was present inside the court when Verma passed the verdict and quitted him.

Following the court's order, celebration erupted among his supporters and Congress workers, with the grand old party describing it as a victory of truth.

"Satyamev Jayate! The MP/MLA court in Sultanpur has acquitted Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case," the Congress said on X (previously Twitter).