The case goes back to the 2018 Madhya Pradesh Assembly election campaign. During a rally in Jhabua, Rahul Gandhi said that Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his son, Kartikeya Singh Chouhan, were linked to the Panama Papers leak. Kartikeya denied the allegation and filed a criminal defamation case against Rahul Gandhi.
In the affidavit submitted to the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Rahul Gandhi:
*Expressed regret over his statement.
Said that his remarks were made due to a mistaken understanding of the facts.
*Clarified that Kartikeya Singh Chouhan had no connection with the Panama Papers case.
*Requested that the court close the matter.
After the affidavit was filed, Kartikeya Singh Chouhan stated that he did not want to continue the case, and the High Court closed both the proceedings before it and the related criminal defamation case pending in the lower court.
This development effectively ends an eight-year-old defamation dispute arising from the 2018 election remarks.
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