Sultanpur, Oct. 26 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was acquitted by a special MP-MLA court in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, on Monday in a defamation case over alleged derogatory remarks against union Home Minister Amit Shah, with the court citing lack of evidence.
The verdict brought relief to the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha in a case stemming from remarks he allegedly made during a rally ahead of the 2018 Karnataka Assembly elections.
BJP leader Vijay Mishra, a resident of Hanumanganj in the Kotwali Dehat police station area in Sultanpur, filed a defamation suit after being angered by Rahul Gandhi's remarks against Amit Shah. The case was subsequently heard in the MP-MLA Magistrate Court.
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