India, Oct. 26 -- A special MP/MLA court in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, on Monday acquitted Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in a 2018 criminal defamation case over his alleged objectionable remarks against Amit Shah, who was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president at the time.

Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and MP from Raebareli, appeared before the court in person for the pronouncement of the verdict.

The case relates to alleged objectionable remarks made by Gandhi against Shah during the 2018 Karnataka Assembly election campaign. The remarks were allegedly made at a rally in Bengaluru.

BJP leader Vijay Mishra, a former chairman of the District Cooperative Bank in Sultanpur, filed the defamation complaint against Gandhi o...