The Karnataka High Court on Friday stayed the proceedings against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in connection with the defamation case filed by the state unit of the BJP.<\/p>\n

A bench, headed by Justice M. Nagaprasanna, passed the order while looking into the quash petition filed by the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha.<\/p>\n

The matter has been adjourned till February 20.<\/p>\n

Rahul Gandhi was given bail in the case by the Magistrate Court in June 2024.<\/p>\n

The BJP has also made Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar parties in the case.<\/p>\n

Gandhi, Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar had appeared before the court regarding the matter.<\/p>\n

The defamation suit filed by BJP General Secretary Keshav Prasad alleges that the Congress engaged in propaganda by publishing full-page advertisements accusing the then BJP government of charging a 40 per cent commission, labelling it as a “40 per cent government.”<\/p>\n

The Congress also created posters and advertisements displaying a rate card allegedly set by the then BJP government for various posts.<\/p>\n

The petitioner claimed that the charges were baseless, defamatory and prejudiced.<\/p>\n

The advertisement spoke about alleged scams in PSI recruitment, Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).<\/p>\n

The grand old party had also run a campaign against former CM Basavaraj Bommai-led BJP government and claimed that during his regime, Rs 1.50 lakh crore were “looted”. The BJP had also filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI) in this regard.<\/p>\n

Initially, the allegations were made in speeches and soon the Congress took up social media campaigns and started putting up posters across the state.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the Karnataka High Court dismissed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) Petition against Gandhi in connection with issuing a derogatory statement against Prajwal Revanna, the jailed former MP and grandson of former PM H.D. Deve Gowda.<\/p>\n

After dismissing the case on October 21, 2024, the High Court bench, headed by Justice N. V. Anjaria and Justice K. V. Arvind, also slapped a Rs 25,000 fine on the petitioner.<\/p>\n

The All India Dalit Action Committee had filed a petition against Rahul Gandhi.<\/p>\n

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