India / Sonia gandhi ed case in hindi national herald congress satyagrah

New Delhi : Congress President Sonia Gandhi will once again appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday in the National Herald case. Earlier, the ED had questioned Sonia Gandhi for about three hours on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Congress has announced a nationwide satyagraha against the central government misusing the investigative agencies.

Talking to reporters at the Congress headquarters, party spokesperson Shakti Singh Gohil said that in the National Herald case, the ED has already closed the case after investigating. The government is misusing the investigative agencies against the leaders of the opposition parties with a vendetta. The Congress will peacefully conduct satyagraha against the statue of Mahatma Gandhi across the country.

Gohil said the party had sought permission from the Delhi Police to hold a peaceful satyagraha at Rajghat, but the police refused. Therefore, the party will register its protest peacefully from Parliament to the road. He said that where party leaders and workers will be stopped, there will be a peaceful Satyagraha.

Initially, the agency had summoned him on Monday, but later the date was extended by a day. Gandhi (75) was questioned for over two hours on the first day in the case on July 21, where he answered 28 questions from the agency. The ED is probing alleged financial irregularities in Young Indian Pvt Ltd, which owns the National Herald, a newspaper promoted by the Congress.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi are likely to accompany Sonia to the ED office, as they did last week. Priyanka can stay with him for medicine or any other need. The Congress has condemned the ED's action against its top leadership and termed it as a "political vendetta" promised move. In 2013, a trial court here had taken cognizance of the Income Tax Department's investigation against Young Indian based on a private criminal complaint by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Subramanian Swamy.

The ED began questioning the Gandhi family late last year after registering a fresh case under criminal provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Sonia and Rahul Gandhi are among the promoters and majority shareholders of Young Indian. Like his son, the Congress President also holds 38 per cent stake.