Congress바카라 most senior member Sonia Gandhi and India바카라s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi were named in a chargesheet on Tuesday by the federal agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) for a money laundering case involving newspaper National Herald.
Congress workers on Tuesday announced a nationwide protest in front of Enforcement Directorate offices at the State Headquarters and in front of Central Government offices at the district level on Wednesday.
Congress바카라 most senior member Sonia Gandhi and India바카라s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi were named in a chargesheet on Tuesday by the federal agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) for a money laundering case involving newspaper National Herald.
Rahul Gandhi바카라s brother in law Robert Vadra was also questioned by the ED on Tuesday and on Wednesday again for a different 2008 case involving land deals.
"There is nothing in the case," Vadra told reporters on Tuesday. 바카라I am here for any kind of unjust pressure. I believe in the truth, and truth will prevail,바카라 Vadra posted on social media.
Several Congress workers were detained while protesting outside the All India Congress Committee headquarters at Akbar Road on Wednesday.
Congress workers on Tuesday announced a nationwide protest in front of Enforcement Directorate offices at the State Headquarters and in front of Central Government offices at the district level on Wednesday. Security was beefed up in Delhi and in Jaipur, where party leaders called on supporters to join the protest.
바카라The Modi government is pursuing a politics of revenge against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. But attempts to silence the voice of the opposition will not succeed. Congress stands united, and our fight for truth and justice will continue,바카라 Former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Wednesday
Party leader Mumtaz Patel joined the protest in Delhi. 바카라Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were granted bail in this matter in 2015. We are trying to understand the intent behind the chargesheet filed today,바카라 told ANI, adding that Rahul Gandhi바카라s aggressive takes for the upcoming elections is scaring the Bharatiya Janata Party
바카라Filing chargesheet against Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and some others is nothing but the politics of vendetta and intimidation by the PM and the HM gone completely berserk,바카라 Jairam Ramesh, Congress바카라 General Secretary posted on X on Tuesday.
The ED claims that Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi created a shell company called Young Indian Pvt. Ltd. (YIL) in which they hold 76 percent stake to buy out Associated Journals Limited (AJL), which published National Herald along with 'Qaumi Awaz' in Urdu and 'Navjeevan' in Hindi
The ED launched its investigation in 2021 after the Metropolitan Magistrate at Delhi바카라s Patiala House Courts took cognisance of a private complaint filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on June 26, 2014. The ED alleges that YIL, a private firm "beneficially owned" by the Gandhi family, allegedly acquired properties worth ₹2,000 crore from AJL for just ₹50 lakh - a deal critics claim significantly undervalued the assets.
According to the Income Tax Act, political parties are prohibited from engaging in financial transactions with third parties. In 2010, AJL declared that it was unable to repay a loan and subsequently transferred the liability to YIL.
As part of the arrangement, AJL allotted shares to YIL, effectively handing over 99 percent control of the company and its associated real estate assets.
Additionally, YIL paid AJL a further sum of ₹50 lakh. The report further stated that the Congress party, which had originally extended the ₹90 lakh loan to AJL, later wrote it off as unrecoverable.
As alleged in the complaint, this sequence of events resulted in YIL gaining control over AJL and its assets for ₹50 lakh, following the Congress party바카라s waiver of the original loan.
The deal goes beyond the newspaper as the Gandhis also acquired the land owned by AJL as part of the acquisition. The acquisition is controversial as they inherited real estate in lieu of a loan of 90 crore at a payment of rupees 50 lakh, according to Swamy's complaint.
The complaint is registered under Sections 44 and 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, for offences under Section 3 (money laundering), Section 70 (offences by companies), and Section 4 (punishment for money laundering).