Rahul Gandhi Granted Bail in Defamation Case Filed by BJP After Appearance Before Bengaluru Court

Bengaluru: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was granted bail by a special court in Bengaluru on Friday in connection with the defamation case filed by the Karnataka BJP MLC and General Secretary Keshav Prasad.

The bail was granted to Rahul Gandhi on the surety of Congress leader DK Suresh.

The next hearing of the case will be held on July 30.

The BJP leader in the complaint had alleged that the advertisements in local newspapers and ‘false campaigning’ by Congress ahead of the 2023 state assembly elections damaged BJP’s image.

The case was registered against Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

Earlier, Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar appeared before the court on June 1 and were granted bail.

Shivakumar called the defamation case filed by the Karnataka BJP unit a ‘bogus case’.