Bengaluru court orders Rahul Gandhi to appear on June 7 in BJP defamation case

Bengaluru, 1/6: A special court on Saturday ordered Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to appear before it on June 7 in a defamation case filed by the BJP.

Two other accused in the case, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, appeared before the court and were granted bail. The private defamation suit was filed by Keshav Prasad, MLC and general secretary of the BJP.