Rahul Gandhi’s Convoy Involved In Accident On Purvanchal Expressway In UP; Congress Leader Safe, Several Injured

Several people were injured after vehicles in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s convoy collided on the Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. Rahul Gandhi was safe, according to the information available.

The accident occurred near the 91-km milestone, where five vehicles and an ambulance collided.

Party workers, office-bearers and several people associated with security arrangements were among those injured.

VIDEO | Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s convoy involved in a minor collision on the Purvanchal Expressway; the Congress leader is safe and no one was seriously injured.

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The accident took place as Rahul Gandhi was travelling to Sultanpur, where a special MP-MLA court is scheduled to pronounce its verdict in a defamation case against him on Monday.

According to news agency PTI, the Congress leader arrived at Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport on Monday morning.

Hundreds of Congress workers and local party leaders had gathered at the airport to welcome Gandhi, who is the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the MP from Rae Bareli.

VIDEO | Lucknow: Congress workers gather at Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport in Lucknow to welcome party MP Rahul Gandhi ahead of the Sultanpur court’s verdict in the defamation case against him today.

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Gandhi did not speak to reporters before leaving for Sultanpur.

The case relates to alleged objectionable remarks made by Rahul Gandhi against then BJP president Amit Shah at a rally in Bengaluru ahead of the 2018 Karnataka Assembly elections.

Local BJP politician Vijay Mishra, a former chairman of the District Cooperative Bank in Sultanpur, filed the defamation complaint against Gandhi on August 4, 2018.

Gandhi appeared before the court in 2023 and secured bail.

The court had initially fixed October 13 for pronouncing its verdict, which was subsequently scheduled for October 26.

Security arrangements had been strengthened in Sultanpur, particularly around the court complex, in view of the proceedings, police officials told PTI.