Lucknow, Oct. 26 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived at Lucknow Airport today, from where he will travel to the Special MP/MLA court in Sultanpur as the court is expected to pronounce its verdict on the 2018 defamation case against remarks on Amit Shah.

"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. He referred to him as an accused in a murder case. Aggrieved by this, Vijay Mishra-the then-chairman of the local District Co-operative Bank, who also served as a BJP vice-president for the district-filed a formal complaint," Advocate Kashi Prasad Shukla, Rahul Gandhi's defence counsel, told ANI on Monday. ...