Vehicles in Rahul Gandhi’s convoy collide on Purvanchal Expressway, leader safe

Sultanpur: Several vehicles in Rahul Gandhi’s convoy collided on the Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, October 26, while the Congress MP was travelling to Sultanpur for a court hearing, Hindustan Times reported. Gandhi was safe, the newspaper said.

There was no immediate information on injuries or the extent of damage to the vehicles, according to Hindustan Times.

Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, was on his way to appear before a special MP-MLA court in connection with a 2018 defamation case. A Congress worker confirmed to the newspaper that Gandhi reached the court after the accident.

Gandhi had arrived at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow earlier in the morning and was travelling by road to Sultanpur when the collision occurred. The convoy briefly halted before continuing its journey to the court.

The case relates to alleged remarks Gandhi made about Amit Shah, who was then the BJP president. Vijay Mishra, a former chairman of the Sultanpur District Cooperative Bank, filed the complaint in 2018.

The special MP-MLA court dismissed the defamation case against Rahul Gandhi on Monday. The case stemmed from alleged remarks about Amit Shah, who was the BJP president at the time.