Gandhi is reported to have said that despite the BJP's claim that its politics were clean, it had a party president who was "accused" in a murder case. Amit Shah was the BJP president at the time.
The case was filed by Vijay Mishra on August 4, 2018 against Gandhi for allegedly making objectionable comments against Shah at a press conference in Bengaluru on May 8 that year during Karnataka elections.
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.