Rahul Gandhi Defamation Case: UP Court Fixes June 7 for Hearing Defamation Case Against Congress Leader Over 2018 Remark Against Amit Shah

Sultanpur, May 27: An MP-MLA court here has fixed for June 7 hearing in the 2018 defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his alleged objectionable remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The defamation complaint against Gandhi was filed by BJP leader Vijay Mishra. Gandhi's lawyer Kashi Prasad Shukla gave an application in the court, saying the Congress leader was busy campaigning for Lok Sabha polls and needed time to appear before the court. Rahul Gandhi Defamation Case: Jharkhand High Court Rejects Congress Leader’s Petition To Quash Proceeding Against Him Over His Remarks on Amit Shah

Judge Shubham Verma fixed June 7 as the next date of hearing. Plaintiff's lawyer Santosh Kumar Pandey told the court that Gandhi is running away from the court. The court had issued a warrant against Gandhi in December last. Subsequently, the Congress leader had halted his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Amethi on February 20 and appeared in court which granted him bail. Rahul Gandhi Slams PM Narendra Modi, Alleges ‘PM Modi Waived Loans of 22 People but Couldn’t Give Rs 9,000 Crore for Himachal Pradesh Monsoon Disaster’

The complaint was filed here on August 4, 2018, against Gandhi for his alleged objectionable comments against Shah at a press conference in Bengaluru.