Sonia Gandhi arrived at the Bureau of Enforcement office a little after noon escorted by her Z+ genre.
New Delhi:
Sonia Gandhi, 75, was accompanied by her children as she arrived at the Bureau of Enforcement (ED) office a little in the afternoon for questioning in an alleged money-laundering case involving the National Herald.
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Sonia Gandhi is escorted by her Z+ type CRPF security shell. Mrs Gandhi, who was recently diagnosed with Covid, was seen wearing a mask and accompanied by her children Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi.
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The party has criticized the agency’s actions and called it a “political nexus”. Several congressional leaders were arrested as the party organized nationwide rallies in support of the leader.
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Carrying large banners saying “stop ED abuse”, Congress leaders today staged a march inside the Parliament complex to show strength against the Enforcement Board. A large number of protests are also being held across the country.
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“The Prime Minister forgot that his idea of Congress was based on the leaders they took from us. They had to be reborn many times to understand what the Congress party is, what is the Gandhi family,” the party said. said at a press conference this morning.
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The BJP criticized the Congress protests as “duragrah” (intolerant claims) in defense of the Gandhi family. BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad noted that the plea by Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul to stop FIR was rejected by every court, including the Supreme Court.
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“The Congress has become a pocket organization of a family, and now its assets are also being pocketed by the family,” he alleged, attacking the Gandhis. Both were released on bail in the case, he told reporters.
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Earlier today, a meeting chaired by the Congress to discuss the Center’s “unceasing political ties” was attended by nearly 13 opposition parties. A statement released by like-minded opposition parties condemned the “abuse” of investigative agencies by the BJP-led Center. Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP also issued a 0 hour notice about “the ruling government’s abuse of the central investigative agencies”.
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NDTV has been informed that the interrogation of Ms. Gandhi will be carried out by five officers led by the Additional Director. Sources in the Executive Directorate also said that the Speaker will be allowed to rest if she feels fatigued during the interrogation.
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The Grand Master appeared after the third convocation. She applied for the waivers on the previous dates of June 8 and June 23 after she contracted the coronavirus.
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The ED investigated the Gandhis’ role in the case involving Young Indians’ takeover of AJL (Associated Journals Limited), the company that runs the National Herald newspaper. Founded by Mr Gandhi’s grandfather and the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, this newspaper was the mouthpiece of the then-completely online Parliament.
