The Enforcement Directorate (ED) recorded a 2-hour-long statement from Sonia Gandhi
Congress President Sonia Gandhi appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday. She is to be questioned for alleged involvement with a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper that turned into a show of strength with party leaders and workers hitting the streets and courting arrests as a part of the country-wide protests.
In Delhi, Congress MPs walked a symbolic march from Parliament to ‘highlight the Political Vendetta’ and ‘misuse’ of central agencies against political rivals. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh after the march said, “All Congress MPs and Congress Working Committee members have courted mass arrest outside our party headquarters in a show of collective solidarity with Sonia Gandhi, a target of ‘Vishguru’s’ political vendetta”.
Congress Chief, leaders of 12 political parties including the DMK, Shiv Sena and RJD formed solidarity at the parliament house and issued a joint statement accusing the Narendra Modi government of unleashing a “relentless campaign of vendetta against its political opponents and critics through the mischievous misuse of investigative agencies”.
After an inquiry that lasted for 2 hours, Ms Gandhi requested for it to end soon as she is still recovering from covid. The Munsif court in Kollam has issued a summons for the Congress president, Ms Gandhi to appear before the court in person on August 3, in connection to the petition filed by a former Congress leader. The court has also summoned the Congress state president K Sudhakaran and district Congress president Rajendraprasad to appear before the court on the same day.
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