On Tuesday, in Sultanpur, a special court granted bail to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case initiated by a BJP leader for comments made against Home Minister Amit Shah in 2018. The case, filed by Vijay Mishra on August 4, 2018, pertains to remarks Gandhi made against Home Minister Amit Shah during a press conference in Bengaluru on May 8 of that year, amid the Karnataka elections.