According to reports, Congress President Sonia Gandhi is unlikely to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday in the National Herald case. Sonia has tested positive for Covid-19 and is yet to recover, says party leaders. As per party insiders, the ED must now decide whether to interrogate the Congress president virtually on June 8 or issue a new summons.
Sonia Gandhi, according to sources, is prepared for any circumstance and wants to appear before the ED.
The ED summoned Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on June 1 in connection with the National Herald case, which the Congress claims was concluded by the investigative agency in 2015.
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The National Herald case involves the alleged misuse of approximately Rs 2,000 crore in assets in an equity transaction. Cheating, conspiracy, and criminal breach of trust are alleged in the acquisition of National Herald publisher Associated Journals Limited (AJL) by Young Indian Pvt Ltd, in which the Gandhis are reported to own a controlling share.
After a trial court here took cognizance of an Income Tax Department inquiry into Young Indian Pvt Ltd based on a private criminal complaint submitted by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy in 2013, the agency opened a new case under the criminal provisions of the PMLA.
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