Rahul Gandhi Safe After Convoy Crash on UP Expressway

WHO:

Deccan Herald - Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was safe after an accident involving his convoy; police said no one was seriously hurt.

News18 - Rahul Gandhi, the Congress MP from Rae Bareli and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, was safe.

News18 - Injured people included Congress workers, party office-bearers, and people involved in security arrangements.

News18 - Local BJP politician Vijay Mishra, a former chairman of the District Cooperative Bank in Sultanpur, filed a defamation complaint against Gandhi.

WHAT:

Deccan Herald - Gandhi’s convoy was involved in an accident; police said Gandhi was safe and no one was seriously hurt.

News18 - Five vehicles in Gandhi’s convoy and an ambulance collided. Several people were injured; Gandhi was safe.

News18 - Gandhi did not speak to reporters before leaving for Sultanpur.

News18 - Gandhi was travelling to Sultanpur for a special MP-MLA court’s verdict in a defamation case against him.

News18 - The complaint concerned alleged objectionable remarks about then-BJP president Amit Shah at a Bengaluru rally ahead of the Karnataka Assembly elections.

News18 - Gandhi appeared before the court and secured bail; security arrangements were strengthened around the Sultanpur court complex.

WHERE:

News18 - The collision occurred near the 91-km milestone on the Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh.

News18 - Gandhi arrived at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow before travelling to Sultanpur.

WHY:

News18 - Gandhi was travelling to Sultanpur for the court’s decision in the defamation case.

HOW:

News18 - Five convoy vehicles and an ambulance collided on the expressway.

News18 - Mishra filed the defamation complaint against Gandhi.

(UPDATED October 27, 2026 02:15 UTC)

Rahul Gandhi was safe after five vehicles in his convoy and an ambulance collided on the Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh; several people, including Congress workers and security personnel, were injured, but police said no one was seriously hurt. Gandhi was travelling to Sultanpur for a court verdict in a defamation case over alleged remarks about then-BJP president Amit Shah, and he appeared before the court and secured bail. The complaint was filed by local BJP politician Vijay Mishra, a former chairman of Sultanpur’s District Cooperative Bank.