In the National Herald money laundering investigation, the Enforcement Directorate summoned Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, a member of parliament from Wayanad, Kerala.
The complaint was recently filed in order to investigate potential financial irregularities in the Young Indian newspaper, which is owned by the party.The ED summons is tied to a 9-year-old complaint filed by Subramanian Swamy against Rahul Gandhi and the Congress president.
Swamy has accused the Congress president and her son of fraudulently creating a shell business and seizing control of $300 million in real estate. The ED has summoned Congress President Rahul Gandhi to appear before it on June 8 at its Delhi headquarters. Rahul Gandhi has been summoned by the federal investigation agency on June 2nd.
Abhishek Manu Singhvi, a Congress politician, condemned the ED notice handed to the Gandhi family and stated that the Congress president will obey the summons.
Rahul Gandhi has written to the ED to postpone the hearing until after June 5 because he is currently out of the country, according to Congressman Randeep Surjewala.
The assets in question belonged to a company that published India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru’s, National Herald newspaper, which he created in 1937.
Associated Journals Limited (AJL) owns Young Indian Pvt Limited, which publishes the National Herald.
Sonia, Rahul, and the others – Motilal Vora, Oscar Fernandes, Suman Dubey, and Sam Pitroda – were accused of defrauding and misappropriating cash in the acquisition of the now-defunct daily, National Herald, by Subramanian Swamy in 2012.
“A disgusting and cowardly conspiracy is being hatched against the leadership of the Indian National Congress to mislead the country,” the Congress party said in a statement. “The entire party and every worker will stand shoulder to shoulder with them and we will fight and win this attack on the country’s democracy.”