Team News Riveting
New Delhi, June 16
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had sought permission from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to appear before the agency on Monday for questioning in an alleged money-laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper.
The former Congress President, on Thursday, wrote to ED and cited his mother and Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s health as the reason for the deferred hearing. The ED has reportedly not responded to Rahul’s request. Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been admitted to the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Sunday owing to post-Covid issues. Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said Gandhi is stable and will be in the hospital for a few days.
After being quizzed for eight hours on the third day on Wednesday, Rahul was summoned by the ED again for the fourth time on Friday. He is being questioned in connection with the alleged financial irregularities involving Young Indian Private Limited, promoted by the Congress, that owns National Herald.
The grand old party has called the agency’s action vendetta politics of the Centre against opposition leaders as the party’s supporters continued protests on roads leading to the ED office.
Meanwhile, Congress workers on Thursday held protests in several parts of the country including Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Rajasthan over the Enforcement Directorate investigating former party president Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case.
Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury allegedly grabbed the collar of a police official during a protest in Hyderabad. A video that went viral showed Chowdhury “arguing” with police officials who were trying to prevent her from going to Raj Bhavan and later holding the collar of a police official. She was immediately taken away by women police personnel.
Later, Chowdhury told TV channels that she had no intention of humiliating the police official and she merely caught hold of his shoulder as she was about to fall when being pushed.
