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  • BJP alleges Gandhi household ‘most corrupt household’ in Indian politics

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The BJP on Tuesday dubbed the Gandhi household as “kattar paapi parivaar” and the “most corrupt family in Indian politics” because it cited the Rajasthan High Court’s rejection of Robert Vadra’s plea to quash a cash laundering probe in opposition to him.

    BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia mentioned Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi ought to break their “silence” on corruption and money-laundering allegations in opposition to Vadra, who’s married to Rahul’s sister and Congress normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi, when their occasion was in energy in Haryana and Rajasthan and on the Centre as nicely.

    The Congress has usually claimed that the corruption prices in opposition to Vadra are politically motivated.

    The Rajasthan High Court had final week rejected a petition looking for the quashing of an Enforcement Directorate investigation into the acquisition of land in Bikaner by an organization (Skylight Hospitality), linked to Vadra and his mom, by way of alleged shady means.

    “This is a ‘kattar paapi parivaar’ (extremely immoral family) of India. Its only work has been to do corruption and grabbing land to hand over to Vadra,” he alleged.

    Bhatia additionally rejected the Congress’ declare of witch hunt in opposition to Vadra, claiming that it amounted to casting aspersions on the judiciary which has refused to quash prices in opposition to him.

    “They are the most corrupt family in Indian politics. Three members of the family are out on bail in corruption cases. It is a serious matter of concern for a government with zero tolerance for corruption,” he mentioned, in reference to the corruption probe in opposition to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul, each former Congress presidents, within the National Herald case.

    NEW DELHI: The BJP on Tuesday dubbed the Gandhi household as “kattar paapi parivaar” and the “most corrupt family in Indian politics” because it cited the Rajasthan High Court’s rejection of Robert Vadra’s plea to quash a cash laundering probe in opposition to him.

    BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia mentioned Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi ought to break their “silence” on corruption and money-laundering allegations in opposition to Vadra, who’s married to Rahul’s sister and Congress normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi, when their occasion was in energy in Haryana and Rajasthan and on the Centre as nicely.

    The Congress has usually claimed that the corruption prices in opposition to Vadra are politically motivated.

    The Rajasthan High Court had final week rejected a petition looking for the quashing of an Enforcement Directorate investigation into the acquisition of land in Bikaner by an organization (Skylight Hospitality), linked to Vadra and his mom, by way of alleged shady means.

    “This is a ‘kattar paapi parivaar’ (extremely immoral family) of India. Its only work has been to do corruption and grabbing land to hand over to Vadra,” he alleged.

    Bhatia additionally rejected the Congress’ declare of witch hunt in opposition to Vadra, claiming that it amounted to casting aspersions on the judiciary which has refused to quash prices in opposition to him.

    “They are the most corrupt family in Indian politics. Three members of the family are out on bail in corruption cases. It is a serious matter of concern for a government with zero tolerance for corruption,” he mentioned, in reference to the corruption probe in opposition to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul, each former Congress presidents, within the National Herald case.

  • Shivraj Singh Chouhan orders probe into business use of National Herald property in Bhopal

    By Express News Service

    BHOPAL: The Shivraj Singh Chouhan authorities in Madhya Pradesh has ordered a probe into the business use of National Herald belongings in Bhopal.

    “Certainly a probe will be conducted as to whether the concerned property is being used commercially or not. If it’s found that the concerned property is being used commercially then the property will be sealed. Those using the property commercially will subsequently have to face strict action,,” state’s city improvement and housing minister Bhupendra Singh mentioned on Thursday.

    He added that motion may also be initiated towards all these officers who helped in altering the land use of the involved National Herald property (constructing).

    Importantly, the Associated Journals Limited (AJL) — the corporate which earlier revealed the National Herald newspaper — had properties in a number of cities, together with Delhi, Patna, Mumbai, Bhopal and Indore.

    The involved property in Bhopal is situated within the Press Complex in Maharana Pratap (MP) Nagar.

    Earlier within the day, the MP CM had justified ED’s motion within the case, together with the sealing of Young India’s workplace in Delhi.

    BHOPAL: The Shivraj Singh Chouhan authorities in Madhya Pradesh has ordered a probe into the business use of National Herald belongings in Bhopal.

    “Certainly a probe will be conducted as to whether the concerned property is being used commercially or not. If it’s found that the concerned property is being used commercially then the property will be sealed. Those using the property commercially will subsequently have to face strict action,,” state’s city improvement and housing minister Bhupendra Singh mentioned on Thursday.

    He added that motion may also be initiated towards all these officers who helped in altering the land use of the involved National Herald property (constructing).

    Importantly, the Associated Journals Limited (AJL) — the corporate which earlier revealed the National Herald newspaper — had properties in a number of cities, together with Delhi, Patna, Mumbai, Bhopal and Indore.

    The involved property in Bhopal is situated within the Press Complex in Maharana Pratap (MP) Nagar.

    Earlier within the day, the MP CM had justified ED’s motion within the case, together with the sealing of Young India’s workplace in Delhi.

  • National Herald case: ED questions Sonia Gandhi for over 3 hours on day 3

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday questioned Congress president Sonia Gandhi for over three hours on the third day of her deposition within the National Herald newspaper-linked cash laundering case.

    No contemporary summons have been issued, officers mentioned. Sonia Gandhi reached the federal company’s workplace in central Delhi at 11 am accompanied by her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and son Rahul Gandhi.

    ALSO READ: Congress employees protest outdoors Nagpur ED workplace in opposition to questioning of Sonia Gandhi

    The session started round 11.15 am. The staff of investigators included the principle probe officer and an individual who took down statements dictated by the Congress chief.

    Sonia Gandhi left the ED workplace round 2 pm. The 75-year-old Gandhi was questioned for over eight hours within the final two appearances and confronted about 65-70 questions, officers mentioned. She is known to have confronted a set of 30-40 extra questions on Wednesday.

    ALSO READ: Youth Congress employees detained after ‘rail roko’ protest in Mumbai in opposition to ED questioning of Sonia Gandhi

    NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday questioned Congress president Sonia Gandhi for over three hours on the third day of her deposition within the National Herald newspaper-linked cash laundering case.

    No contemporary summons have been issued, officers mentioned. Sonia Gandhi reached the federal company’s workplace in central Delhi at 11 am accompanied by her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and son Rahul Gandhi.

    ALSO READ: Congress employees protest outdoors Nagpur ED workplace in opposition to questioning of Sonia Gandhi

    The session started round 11.15 am. The staff of investigators included the principle probe officer and an individual who took down statements dictated by the Congress chief.

    Sonia Gandhi left the ED workplace round 2 pm. The 75-year-old Gandhi was questioned for over eight hours within the final two appearances and confronted about 65-70 questions, officers mentioned. She is known to have confronted a set of 30-40 extra questions on Wednesday.

    ALSO READ: Youth Congress employees detained after ‘rail roko’ protest in Mumbai in opposition to ED questioning of Sonia Gandhi

  • National Herald case: In recent discover, Sonia Gandhi requested to seem earlier than ED on July 21

    By Online Desk

    Congress president Sonia Gandhi was on Monday served a recent discover by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to affix the probe on July 21 within the alleged cash laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper.

    On June 22, she had written to the ED about her sickness and requested them to defer the questioning, which was accepted by the probe company.

    “She was suffering with Covid complications and was not fit for questioning,” stated a supply.

    Sonia Gandhi, who was present process therapy at Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. She was admitted to the hospital on June 12 after she developed bleeding from the nostril on June 12. She was examined constructive for Covid on June 2.

    Gandhi was issued a second summons for June 23 by the company, however the 75-year-old Congress chief couldn’t preserve the date as she was “strictly advised to rest at home following her hospitalisation on account of COVID-19 and a lung infection”.

    Gandhi had sought suspending of the summons by 4 weeks and therefore, she has been requested to depose earlier than the company on July 21, the officers stated.

    Gandhi had earlier been scheduled to seem earlier than the Enforcement Directorate on June 8, however had sought extra time from the probe company in view of her Covid an infection. The company then issued a recent summons and requested her to affix on June 23.

    Earlier, Rahul Gandhi was questioned for about 51 hours in five-day lengthy questioning. He was reportedly questioned about a couple of transactions made by the Kolkata-based Dotex Merchandise Pvt Ltd.

  • ED points recent summons to Sonia Gandhi, asks her to affix probe by mid-July

    By IANS

    NEW DELHI: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday was served a recent discover by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to affix the probe by mid-July within the National Herald case.

    On Wednesday, she wrote to the ED about her sickness and requested them to defer the questioning, which was accepted by the probe company.

    “She was suffering with Covid complications and was not fit for questioning,” stated a supply.

    ALSO READ: Sonia Gandhi writes to ED in search of postponement of look until full restoration from Covid

    Sonia Gandhi, who was present process therapy at Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, was discharged on Monday. She was admitted to the hospital on June 12 after she developed bleeding from the nostril on June 12. She was examined constructive for Covid on June 2.

    Gandhi had earlier been scheduled to seem earlier than the Enforcement Directorate on June 8, however had sought extra time from the probe company in view of her Covid an infection. The company then issued a recent summons and requested her to affix on June 23.

    Rahul Gandhi was questioned for about 51 hours in five-day lengthy questioning.

    He was reportedly questioned about a couple of transactions made by the Kolkata-based Dotex Merchandise Pvt Ltd.

  • National Herald case: ED grills Rahul Gandhi for over 11 hours for fifth day; no recent summons

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate for over 11 hours on Tuesday, the fifth day of his deposition within the National Herald cash laundering case.

    The Congress MP from Wayanad (Kerala) spent a complete of about 54 hours on the ED workplace over 5 sittings with the investigators questioning him over a number of classes and recording his assertion below the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

    He has not been issued recent summons and it’s understood that his questioning has ended, no less than for now. Gandhi (52) took a half-hour break round 8 pm and re-joined the session that began within the morning at 11:30 am.

    He lastly left the company workplace at 11:30 pm. He was questioned for 3 consecutive days final week, starting June 13, and after Monday’s questioning, he was requested to rejoin the session and full the recording of his assertion.

    Gandhi left the company workplace after midnight on Monday. The probe pertains to alleged monetary irregularities within the Congress-promoted Young Indian Private Limited, which owns the National Herald newspaper.

    The ED is known to have requested Gandhi in regards to the incorporation of Young Indian Private Limited, operations of the National Herald, the mortgage given by the celebration to the newspaper’s writer Associated Journals Limited (AJL), and the switch of funds inside the information media institution.

    It is known that Gandhi caught to his place that there was no private acquisition of belongings by himself or his household as Young Indian was a “not-for-profit” firm and that regardless of he being a majority shareholder, varied monetary selections taken to revive the National Herald newspaper was taken collectively by senior Congress celebration leaders.

    The ED, sources indicated, wished to grasp how the mortgage was prolonged to AJL by the Congress celebration and if the provisions of the Companies Act and the anti-money laundering legislation have been contravened on this AJL-Congress-Young Indian deal.

    Gandhi is known to have confronted a set of no less than 20 questions in the course of the 5 days of questioning.

    The transfer to query Gandhi was initiated after the ED lately registered a recent case below the prison provisions of the PMLA after a trial court docket right here took cognisance of an Income Tax division probe towards Young Indian on the idea of a personal prison criticism filed by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy in 2013.

    Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are among the many promoters and majority shareholders of Young Indian. Like her son, the Congress president too has 38 per cent shareholding. Swamy had accused the Gandhis and others of conspiring to cheat and misappropriate funds, with YI paying solely Rs 50 lakh to acquire the best to get better Rs 90.25 crore that AJL owed to the Congress.

    In February final 12 months, the Delhi High Court issued a discover to the Gandhis for his or her response on Swamy’s plea, searching for to steer proof within the matter earlier than the trial court docket. Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Pawan Bansal have been questioned by the ED on this case in April.

    Congress president Sonia Gandhi has additionally been summoned by the company for questioning within the case on June 23. She was discharged on Monday from a personal hospital in Delhi the place she was admitted for coronavirus-related problems.

    She has been suggested relaxation at dwelling. The Congress has accused the Centre of concentrating on opposition leaders by misusing investigative companies and has termed your complete motion a “political vendetta”.

  • National Herald case: Enforcement Directorate summons Rahul Gandhi for fifth day on Tuesday

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has requested Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to hitch investigation for the fifth day on June 21 and file his assertion within the National Herald cash laundering case, officers stated on Monday.

    Gandhi appeared for the fourth day of questioning on Monday, a day after he turned 52, and the session would proceed. Officials stated that he has been requested to hitch the probe once more on Tuesday and proceed recording his assertion underneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

    The Congress MP has spent as many as 38 hours on the ED headquarters on APJ Abdul Kalam Road within the nationwide capital over 4 sittings since his first look on June 13. The ED probe pertains to alleged monetary irregularities within the Congress-promoted Young Indian Private Limited, which owns the National Herald newspaper.

    The newspaper is revealed by Associated Journals Limited (AJL) and owned by Young Indian Private Limited. Congress president Sonia Gandhi has additionally been summoned by the company for questioning within the case on June 23.

  • Delhi Police enter Congress HQ, beat up cadre? Cops deny

    By Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: The Congress headquarters right here witnessed excessive drama on Wednesday because the occasion continued its protest over the questioning of its chief Rahul Gandhi by the Enforcement Directorate within the National Herald case for the third consecutive day.

    Party leaders alleged that Delhi Police personnel forcibly entered its headquarters at Akbar Road and thrashed them, posting a video of the incident on Twitter to substantiate their claims. However, the police denied their allegations.

    “In an act of absolute goondaism perpetuated by the Delhi Police at the instance of the Modi government, the police today forcibly entered the national headquarters of the Congress here and beat up party workers and leaders. This is patently criminal trespass,” Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala mentioned.

    Other senior leaders alleged that safety personnel misbehaved with girls parliamentarians and handled them like ‘criminals’. Jothimani Sennimalai, Tamil Nadu MP, launched a video wherein she appealed to the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to provoke motion towards the safety personnel who mistreated girls MPs. “We had been brutally crushed up and assaulted on Tuesday and as we speak as effectively.

    Our garments had been torn and sneakers had been eliminated. They are taking us to an unknown location. We wanted water however the police didn’t permit us to buy water. The safety personnel bundled 7-8 girls within the bus and handled them like criminals,” she alleged. Detained occasion leaders and functionaries equivalent to Sachin Pilot, Amrita Dhawan, Ajay Yadav, Vivek Bansal, Lalji Desai and Srinivas B V had been taken to completely different police stations in Alipur, Narela, Vasant Kunj, Najafgarh, and Burari.

    The Congress demanded that an FIR for legal trespass be filed, erring police personnel suspended and disciplinary motion initiated towards them. However, the police rejected the costs. “The allegations are totally false and we strongly denied them,” a senior police officer mentioned.

  • Top Congress leaders, staff march in solidarity with Rahul Gandhi 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Walking within the blistering summer time warmth and elevating slogans of solidarity with Rahul Gandhi, Congress members defied police restrictions as they joined their occasion chief when he headed to the Enforcement Directorate workplace for questioning within the National Herald case on Monday.

    Several staff had been detained within the morning once they had been on their method to be part of the ‘Satyagraha march’ referred to as by the opposition occasion, however scores of others gathered on the occasion headquarters right here by 9 am, holding the nationwide and occasion flags.

    Slogans of ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ and ‘Rahul tum sangharsh karo hum tumhare saath hain (Rahul you battle, we’re with you)’ lease the air as Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and different distinguished leaders of the Congress reached the occasion workplace.

    The protesters waved placards that learn: ‘Satyamev Jayate’ (Truth Alone Triumphs) and “Will not fear, will not bow, will fight for truth anyhow,” because the procession comprising senior leaders, occasion functionaries and grassroots-level staff moved from the AICC headquarters in the direction of the ED workplace practically two kilometres away.

    A employee was seen strolling barefoot as his slippers broke. “Blisters have appeared on my feet. But the march must continue as Rahul Gandhi is our favourite leader,” he stated.

    A small cage that had a poster with ED and CBI written on it was put on the occasion workplace in a symbolic protest by the occasion which has accused the Centre of misusing businesses to focus on opponents.

    “We have tried to show that the ED and CBI are inside BJP’s cage. The agencies are no longer autonomous. They have become parrots of BJP,” stated a employee.

    The Congress, which has claimed that the costs in opposition to its leaders within the case are baseless and has accused the Modi authorities of political vendetta, dubbed the march as a begin of Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘Satyagraha’ (peaceable resistance).

    The ruling BJP, nevertheless, criticised the Congress, accusing it of celebrating corruption.

    The opposition occasion’s march made it by way of two factors of barricading however was stopped on the third level, the place a number of distinguished leaders, in addition to staff, had been detained and brought away in police vans and buses.

    Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala, who shared an image on Twitter after being taken away by the police, alleged that “thousands” of occasion staff have been arrested and in contrast the Modi authorities to the British imperialists.

    Due to the barricading, Rahul Gandhi needed to take a detour to succeed in the probe company’s workplace and sat in his automotive for the previous few minutes of his 15-minute journey as a sea of individuals surrounded his automobile.

    While the streets across the headquarters and ED workplace had been closely barricaded, chaotic scenes erupted as defiant Congress staff refused to maneuver again regardless of police’s quite a few warnings.

    Prominent amongst these detained had been Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Ok C Venugopal and Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. A employee climbed atop a bus during which detainees had been being taken away and raised slogans. The police ultimately introduced him down.

    Congress chief Vamshi Chand Reddy additionally shared an image of Rajya Sabha MP Venugopal, who was allegedly manhandled by the police throughout detention.

    “This man @kcvenugopalmp is just recovering from Covid but look at his fighting spirit. Got arrested and standing strong with @RahulGandhi, the man fighting for the “concept of India”,” Reddy tweeted.

    The occasion additionally shared footage of Priyanka Gandhi assembly the detained leaders at a police station.

    The ED will document the assertion of the Lok Sabha member from Wayanad in Kerala underneath felony sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The probe pertains to alleged monetary irregularities within the party-promoted Young Indian that owns the National Herald newspaper.

    National Herald is printed by the Associated Journals Limited (AJL) and owned by Young Indian Pvt Limited.

    The Gandhis are anticipated to be grilled concerning the incorporation of a Young Indian firm, the operations of the National Herald and the fund switch inside the information media institution.

  • Sachin Pilot publicizes Satyagraha towards ‘conspiracy’ in National Herald case, Keshav Maurya gave this reply

    Lucknow: Terming the National Herald case as a conspiracy, former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot mentioned that the Congress would conduct satyagraha throughout the nation towards it. Speaking to the media within the state Congress workplace, Pilot mentioned, the ED’s discover is pretend and we won’t be afraid, won’t bow down, will combat with our chest. He accused the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making an attempt to suppress the newspaper National Herald, which contributed to the liberty battle. Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya has given a befitting reply to this announcement of the Congress chief. He mentioned that mom and son are taking part in with the peace of the nation. The ED is taking the curtain from their recreation.

    After profitable three seats in Rajasthan within the Rajya Sabha elections 2022, the excited Congress is making an attempt to determine its foot in Uttar Pradesh. Congress has simply issued notices to Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former President Rahul Gandhi within the National Herald case. Angry about leaving. In this case, Sachin Pilot mentioned that there’s anger among the many Congressmen everywhere in the nation relating to this pretend and conspiratorial case and on Monday morning all of the MPs, MLAs, former MPs and former MLAs of the Congress social gathering, members of the manager committee, workplace bearers of the state govt Congress President Sonia As a part of the Satyagraha program, Gandhi and Rahul will undertake a padyatra to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) workplace in Delhi.

    Pilot mentioned that Satyagraha program shall be run on Monday in any respect the state headquarters throughout the nation. The ED discover has been despatched to Congress Working President Sonia Gandhi and MP Rahul Gandhi with a malafide intention. Fearing the British, this newspaper was closed from 1942 to 1945. Today, the people who find themselves carrying ahead the ideology of the British are once more conspiring to suppress ‘this voice of the liberty motion’.

    ‘ED is taking the curtain from the sport’
    The BJP has responded to the allegations of Congress on the ED’s discover to Congress Working President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi. Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya mentioned that Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are out of jail on bail within the National Herald corruption case. Now that he has bought discover in reference to the investigation, then it’s a case of corruption. Congress is making an attempt unsuccessfully to provide political weight to the matter. Corruption is the nationwide character of Congress. When the ED is elevating the curtain on their recreation, mom and son have began taking part in with the nation’s pleasure and peace.

    In a press convention organized on the BJP’s state workplace, Keshav mentioned that this components of Rahul Gandhi to do corruption has grow to be outdated and when the company is named for questioning, he begins political demonstrations in order that his corruption will not be mentioned. If you have not completed improper, then you definitely should not even be afraid of questioning. Sonia-Rahul has looted the nation’s property, so they’re speaking right here and there as a substitute of speaking on the deserves of the case. Keshav alleged that when Associated Journal Limited was began on 20 November 1937, it had 5,000 freedom fighter shareholders. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have insulted the fighters and their households by illegally occupying it within the greed of property value greater than 2000 crores.