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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been granted bail on Tuesday in a 2018 defamation case over his reference to Union Home Minister Amit Shah as a murder accused. Rahul Gandhi was granted bail on a surety of Rs 25,000 and a personal bond of the same amount.
After summon from Sultanpur court, Rahul Gandhi had to appear before a court in Sultanpur, and the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra was briefly paused on Tuesday morning and is scheduled to resume again at 2 pm today.
The next hearing on defamation case will be on March 2.
#WATCH | Congress leader Rahul Gandhi leaves for Sultanpur Court from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
— ANI (@ANI) February 20, 2024
He will appear before the court in connection with a 2018 defamation case pic.twitter.com/nF0iB4qgx0
The defamation case was filed by BJP leader Vijay Mishra on August 4, 2018 after Rahul Gandhi's derogatory remarks at a press conference on May 8 same year. The complainant reffered to Gandhi's comment that the BJP claims to believe in honest and clean politics but has a party president who is an "accused" in a murder case. Amit Shah was the BJP president when Gandhi made the remark.
Addressing media, Vijay Mishra reacted on the defamation case and told, " I was the vice president of BJP when this incident happened. Rahul Gandhi had accused Amit Shah in Bengaluru that is a murderer. He added, " When I heard these allegations. I felt very pained because I am a 33-year-old worker of the party. I filed a complaint regarding this through my lawyer and this continued for almost 5 years..."
On Rahul Gandhi being granted bail by the district court, his advocate Santosh Pandey, said, "Rahul Gandhi surrendered in the court today. He surrendered and the court took him into custody for 30-45 minutes. After that, his bail application was submitted and was accepted... The further date has not been given yet. His lawyer said that he is innocent and he has not made any defamatory statement..."
#WATCH | Sultanpur, UP: On Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi being granted bail by District Court, Advocate Santosh Pandey says, "He (Rahul Gandhi) surrendered in the court today. He surrendered and the court took him into custody for 30-45 minutes. After that, his bail application… pic.twitter.com/tgxdOKlbnb
— ANI (@ANI) February 20, 2024
Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is an ongoing movement being headed by the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. This yatra is aiming at reviving the Congress party's fortunes before the Lok Sabha elections 2024. It was started on January 14 2024 from Manipur and will end on March 20 covering around 15 states.
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