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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail by the Sultanpur court on Tuesday in a 2018 defamation case filed by BJP leader Vijay Mishra. This legal action stemmed from remarks made by Gandhi against Home Minister Amit Shah. According to his lawyer, the court briefly took him into custody for 30-45 minutes before accepting his bail application.
Advocate Santosh Pandey, representing Rahul Gandhi, stated, “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 was submitted and was accepted by the court… The further date has not been given yet. His lawyer said that he is innocent and he has not made any defamatory statement.”
The defamation case was initiated by BJP leader Vijay Mishra, who alleged that Rahul Gandhi made objectionable comments against Amit Shah during a press conference in Bengaluru on May 8, 2018. At that time, Gandhi had criticized the BJP, asserting that the party professed to uphold honest and clean politics despite having a party president who was an “accused” in a murder case.
In response to Gandhi’s remarks, Vijay Mishra stated, “The BJP is the biggest party of the country. Calling its (then) president a murderer is unjustifiable.” Mishra made these comments to reporters on Tuesday following the court’s decision to grant bail to Rahul Gandhi.
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