Accusing the BJP of indulging in vendetta politics, Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh on Sunday mentioned occasion chief Rahul Gandhi will seem earlier than the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi on Monday morning in reference to an alleged cash laundering case.
The ED had issued summons to Rahul Gandhi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi within the cash laundering case linked to the National Herald-Associated Journals Ltd deal.
“Rahul Gandhi will go to the ED office on Monday morning from the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters. Congress MPs and working committee members will be present at the party office at 9.30 am on Monday,” Singh advised reporters right here at a press convention.
When requested if the Congress MPs and dealing committee members would take out march to the ED workplace together with Gandhi, he mentioned no choice has been taken on that but.
“The AICC will discuss with the local administration, after which it will be decided if some leaders will go with him (Gandhi) or not,” Singh mentioned.
The ED had closed the case in 2015 after discovering that there was no fact in it, he claimed.
“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 pressurising. It has become the habit of the present regime to frame false cases for political vendetta,” Singh mentioned.
The Rajya Sabha member mentioned that the Gandhi household by no means bowed earlier than the British.
“Will the family whose two members attained martyrdom for the country be afraid of such summons and fake cases? They won’t be afraid. This case will be faced and fought strongly,” he mentioned.
Sonia Gandhi was additionally requested to look earlier than the ED on this case. However, she examined constructive for COVID-19 on June 2 and was recuperating. She was to look earlier than the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on June 8 and had sought extra time from the probe company, which has now issued a recent summons for her to look on June 23.
The case pertains to the probe into the alleged monetary irregularities within the party-promoted Young Indian that owns the National Herald newspaper. The paper is printed by Associated Journals Limited (AJL) and owned by Young Indian Pvt Limited.
Officials mentioned the company desires to report the statements of Rahul and Sonia Gandhi below felony sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Source: www.financialexpress.com”