In a series of posts on X, Mallya said he has been a permanent resident of the UK since 1992 and claimed that his continued stay in the country was the result of legal proceedings rather than a refusal to return to India

The defamation complaint against the Congress leader had been filed for Gandhi's "commander-in-thief" remark against PM Modi in 2018 over the Rafale fighter jet deal. The complaint had alleged that Gandhi defamed PM Modi in a public speech in September 2018 in Rajasthan