Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has been acquitted in a 2018 defamation case concerning remarks he made about Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was the BJP president at the time.
The MP/MLA court in Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, delivered the decision on Monday, October 26, 2026, bringing relief to Gandhi in a case linked to comments made during the 2018 Karnataka Assembly election campaign.
According to Kunwar Singh Nishad, chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee’s media department, special MP-MLA court judge Shubham Verma dismissed the case, acquitting Gandhi.
The defamation complaint arose from remarks Gandhi made in Bengaluru during the Karnataka Assembly elections in 2018. The case subsequently became part of a broader series of legal challenges involving political statements made during election campaigns.
Gandhi appeared before the Sultanpur court for the hearing on Monday. His acquittal marks a significant legal development for the Congress leader, who has frequently criticised the BJP and its leadership on political and governance issues.
The ruling has drawn attention because of the prominent political figures involved and the long-running nature of the case. However, the supplied report does not provide the court’s detailed reasoning for dismissing the complaint.
Separately, Uttar Pradesh Police constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate an accident involving vehicles that were travelling behind Gandhi’s convoy during his visit to Sultanpur. The accident investigation is a separate development from the defamation case.
The court’s decision brings the 2018 complaint to a close at this stage, while the details of the accident probe are expected to emerge as the police investigation progresses.
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