#National Herald Case : Sonia Gandhi’s Questioning By ED Concludes ; Several Leaders Detained During Protests

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Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi’s questioning by the Enforcement Directorate in the National Herald case concludes. The ED questioned Gandhi for three hours in the money laundering case. No fresh summons have been issued.

Sonia Gandhi She reached the federal agency’s office in central Delhi at 11 am accompanied by her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

The Congress alleged today that the money-laundering law has been weaponised to target and humiliate people, and urged the Supreme Court to decide soon on the matter concerning the National Herald-Associated Journals Limited case.

Sonia Gandhi has appeared before the ED for three days. While Sonia was questioned , The Congress came out with protests all over . Several Congress MPs were detained by Delhi Police from Vijay Chowk.

” We want to raise the voice of the common people in Parliament. We were moving towards Rashtrapati Bhavan but were stopped by Police. We have been detained” Congress MP Manish Tewari was quoted by ANI

PMLA is not needed in the way it’s being used. We condemn misuse of PMLA. They (ED) are showing their incompetence by doing 5 minutes of work in 3 days: Ex Law Min and Congress leader Salman Khurshid Told ANI after SC upheld the validity of various provisions of PMLA & ED questioning Sonia Gandhi.

First they summoned Rahul Gandhi. He was interrogated for several hours in 5 days. Sonia Gandhi has been summoned for the 3rd time today. We have no idea how long it would last. There should be a timely SC decision on the terror of ED in country, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot said while addressing the media at Congress Headquarters along with senior Leaders, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma and Jairam Ramesh .

The questioning pertains to the charge of alleged financial irregularities in the Congress-promoted Young Indian Private Limited, which owns the National Herald newspaper.

The sessions are taking place with Covid-appropriate protocols in place and are being recorded in a audio-video mode, officials said.

The Congress has slammed the agency’s action against its top leadership and termed it as “political vendetta” and “harassment”.

The Delhi Police, like the last two times, deployed a huge force, including CRPF and RAF personnel, and barricaded the entire over one kilometre stretch between Gandhi’s residence on Janpath-Akbar Road and the ED office.