"An effort to murder democracy": Congress' Harish Rawat over ED's chargesheet in National Herald case

Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand) [India], April 17 (ANI): Congress leader Harish Rawat has termed the ED's filing of a chargesheet against Sonia and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case an effort to "murder democracy."
Speaking to ANI, Rawat claimed that the ED's chargesheet is based on a plain lie.
"It is an effort to murder democracy. Everyone knows the relationship between the National Herald and Congress, and this (ED's chargesheet) is based on a plain lie... if anyone had any objection, a civil suit could have been filed, but involving ED is an effort to induce fear and malign the image of opposition leaders," the former Uttarakhand CM said.
The Congress party on Wednesday held a nationwide protest against the chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate. Congress leaders launched a scathing attack on the BJP, accusing it of plotting "political vendetta" against the Gandhi family. In response, BJP leaders levelled corruption allegations and claimed that the Congress party was protecting the Gandhi family from accountability.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge accused the central government of "unnecessarily troubling" party leaders.
Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi called the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) chargesheet against Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in the National Herald money laundering case, the "vendetta in a legal disguise."
Singhvi said the ED should clarify why they haven't investigated any NDA ally or BJP leader.
On Tuesday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a prosecution complaint (chargesheet) against top Congressmen Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in connection with the National Herald money laundering case. The chargesheet also names Congress leader Sam Pitroda, Suman Dubey, and others, including several firms.
The matter has been listed for arguments on cognisance in the Delhi Rouse Avenue Court on April 25. The prosecution complaint has been filed under Sections 44 and 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, for the offence of money laundering, as defined under Section 3, read with Section 70, and punishable under Section 4 of the PMLA, 2002. (ANI)