A day earlier than Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to look earlier than the Enforcement Directorate in reference to a cash laundering case, the Congress on Sunday accused the ruling BJP of indulging in vendetta politics whereas asserting the previous celebration chief “won’t back down”.
The Congress has determined that each one its high leaders and MPs would take out a protest march to the company headquarters right here and stage a “satyagraha” in opposition to what the celebration termed “misuse” of the ED by the Centre.
In an interview with PTI, senior Congress chief P Chidambaram asserted the summons to the previous celebration chief was “baseless” and mentioned it seems that the ED’s jurisdiction doesn’t prolong to the BJP members or to states dominated by it.
About the ED summons to Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi and the Congress’ choice of a present of energy when the previous seems earlier than the probe company on Monday, Chidambaram mentioned, “I speak as a Congress member and an advocate. The ED’s summons to Rahul Gandhi under PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) is baseless.”
Pointing out that the offence of cash laundering requires ‘money’ and “laundering of money”, the previous dwelling minister mentioned within the National Herald debt-to-equity conversion, one thing which lending banks do frequently, there was no transaction of cash.
Therefore, how can there be cash laundering, he posed.
“It is like accusing a person of purse snatching when there was no purse and no snatching,” Chidambaram argued.
The Congress on Sunday held a sequence of press conferences — Sachin Pilot in Lucknow, Vivek Tankha in Raipur, Digvijaya Singh in Bhopal, Sanjay Nirupam in Shimla, Ranjeet Ranjan in Chandigarh, Pawan Khera in Ahmedabad and Alka Lamba in Dehradun — to precise solidarity with Rahul Gandhi and accuse the BJP of indulging in vendetta politics.
Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh mentioned, “No FIR has been registered so far in this case. There is no proof… This is an effort to put political pressure on Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.” “This is politics of putting pressure. It has become the habit of the current regime to frame false cases for political vendetta,” he alleged.
Congress chief and Rajya Sabha MP Ranjeet Ranjan alleged that the ED summonses had been a part of the BJP-led Centre’s “tactic to muzzle the voice of the opposition and divert public attention from issues like inflation, unemployment and the deteriorating security situation in Kashmir”.
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera claimed that the BJP fears Rahul Gandhi as he has the braveness to ask questions.
“You can’t suppress Rahul Gandhi anywhere, that’s why you are trying to tarnish the image of Rahul Gandhi,” he mentioned at a press convention in Ahmedabad.
In Shimla, Congress spokesperson Sanjay Nirupam accused the Narendra Modi authorities of “misusing” the CBI, ED and different central companies to harass its political opponents.
The Congress additionally put out a sequence of tweets utilizing the hashtag “BJP Vendetta Exposed”.
“When the truth begins to come out, so does the ED. But the truth can’t stay hidden for long because we will always fight for it,” the celebration mentioned.
In one other tweet, it mentioned India is elevating its voice in opposition to the “hate instigated by the BJP”.
“Now the ED has come in to silence this voice. But our voice against hate cannot be quelled. The fight goes on.” When the “caretaker” of the nation failed in his responsibility to guard the integrity of its borders, it despatched within the ED to cowl its failures, the Congress alleged. “But we will not allow the security of our country to be at risk.” In one other tweet, it mentioned, the farmers of India received in opposition to the “tyrannical government” and Rahul Gandhi supported them from the beginning. “Now the ED is here, trying to suppress the voice that stood with them.” One man has fought for justice for hundreds of victims of the “insensitivity of the government”, the Congress mentioned.
The ED can’t cease Rahul Gandhi from combating for justice, it mentioned, including that he “won’t back down”.
The Congress is making ready for a serious present of energy within the nationwide capital on Monday when former celebration chief Gandhi is scheduled to look earlier than the company in reference to a cash laundering case pertaining to the National Herald-AJL deal.
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