SONIA AND RAHUL GANDHI TO APPEAR IN A DELHI COURT IN CONNECT TO NATIONAL HERALD NEWSPAPER ALLEGATION
NEW DELHI: Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi will appear in a Delhi court on December 19 to face allegations that they illegally acquired property worth Rs. 5,000 crore belonging to the National Herald newspaper, in what the Congress alleges is “persecution” of its leaders.
Rahul Gandhi said he “absolutely saw political vendetta” in the case. “This is the way the union government tries to silence me. It will not happen and I will continue to ask questions and put pressure on the government,” the Congress Vice President said in Puducherry.
“There is no political vendetta. Congress leaders should face the court,” said union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
The “National Herald case” is based on Mr Swamy’s allegation that Congress leaders gave Rs.90 crore as loan from tax exempted money to National Herald and acquired the newspaper illegally for just Rs. 50 lakh with the aim of grabbing its properties in Delhi worth thousands of crores.
The National Herald was set up in 1938 by Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister and Rahul Gandhi’s great-grandfather. In 2008, Sonia Gandhi decided to shut down the newspaper, which had been struggling for decades with mismanagement and poor earnings
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