Goa, Oct. 26 -- A court in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur on Monday acquitted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case related to alleged remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah during the 2018 Karnataka Assembly election campaign.

The court ruled that the complainant, Vijay Mishra, a former vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party's Sultanpur unit, was not an aggrieved person and that Gandhi's remarks did not amount to defamation.

Gandhi appeared before the court amid tight security, accompanied by party workers and supporters. Following the pronouncement of the judgment, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha left the court premises.

Gandhi's lawyer, Kashi Prasad Shukla, confirmed the acquittal, saying the court ...