Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail on February 20, by a special court in Sultanpur in a defamation case filed by a BJP leader for his remarks against Home Minister Amit Shah in 2018.
The case was filed by Vijay Mishra on August 4, 2018 against Mr. Gandhi for allegedly making objectionable comments against Mr. Shah at a press conference in Bengaluru on May 8 that year during Karnataka elections.
The complainant referred to Mr. 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. Mr. Shah was the BJP president when Mr. Gandhi made the remark.
