New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on June 1 summoned Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son and MP Rahul Gandhi to join the investigation in a money laundering case relating to the National Herald.
Both will have to appear before the probe agency to record their statements on June 8. The case has been lodged against various Congress leaders including Gandhis for allegedly misappropriating the National Herald fund.
Congress leaders Randeep Singh Surjewala and Abhishek Manu Singhvi said: “This is a politics of vendetta and revenge by the BJP to target opposition leaders as they have done to other opponents in the country.”
“In 2015, the ED closed the National Herald case. But the govt didn’t like it and it removed the ED officials concerned, brought in new officials, and reopened the case. This is to divert attention from inflation and other raging problems,” Singhvi added.
The National Herald case pertains to the alleged misappropriation of assets of over ₹2,000 crore in an equity transaction.
