Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandh. File photo: @RahulGandhi/X via PTI Photo
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) filed an application before the Madhya Pradesh High Court expressing regret for his allegedly defamatory statement about Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s son Kartikeya Singh.
Kartikeya Singh has filed a defamation complaint in a Bhopal court against the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha. Mr. Gandhi’s application, filed by his lawyer, said that his statement was not related to Singh.
Kartikeya Singh filed the defamation complaint against Rahul Gandhi in the Bhopal court for cases against MPs-MLAs, alleging that during an election rally in Jhabua in 2018, the Congress leader mentioned his name while referring to the Panama Papers leak scandal, thus damaging his reputation.
The court issued a summons to Mr. Gandhi for personal appearance, following which the Congress leader moved the Jabalpur bench of the High Court seeking to quash the summons as well as the defamation case.
Justice Pramod Kumar Agarwal of the High Court will hear Mr. Gandhi’s petition on Thursday (June 25, 2026).
The petitioner on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) produced the records of the lower court, as directed by the HC.
Advocate Sankalp Kochhar represented the complainant before the high court.
Published – June 25, 2026 01:24 am IST
