Vehicles in Rahul Gandhi’s convoy collide in Uttar Pradesh

Vehicles in Rahul Gandhi’s convoy collided on the Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh on October 26 as he travelled to a court hearing in Sultanpur. Police said Gandhi was safe and no one was seriously hurt. The collision occurred in the Haliyapur police station area of Sultanpur district. The vehicles involved were travelling behind Gandhi’s car, which was not involved in the collision, according to initial information reported from the scene. One account said two vehicles collided and that one car’s bonnet was damaged, citing reports that were not confirmed. The precise circumstances of the collision were not established in the accounts. Reports differed on whether anyone was injured. One account cited initial reports that one or two people sustained minor injuries; police said no one was seriously hurt. The available accounts do not establish whether minor injuries occurred. Gandhi was travelling from Lucknow to the Sultanpur Special MP/MLA court for proceedings in a defamation case dating to 2018. The court was scheduled to deliver its verdict on October 26. Gandhi arrived at Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport that morning before continuing to...