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Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi acquitted in defamation case, TV channels report

Global Published 26 October 2026, 12:30 · archived 26 Oct 2026

Rahul Gandhi, the leader of India’s main opposition Congress party, was acquitted in a defamation ​case by a local court on Monday, ‌TV channels said. The acquittal comes at a time when Gandhi is leading a united opposition campaign against Prime Minister ​Narendra Modi and the Chief Election Commissioner ​over a controversial revision of voter lists. Gandhi, 56, the ⁠scion of the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty and ​top leader of Congress, which has mostly ruled ​India since it gained independence from the British, was in court in the northern town of Sultanpur when the verdict ​was pronounced...

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