Congress should own corruption in National Herald: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 16 (ANI): Slamming the Congress for launching protests against the Centre and investigative agencies following the ED chargesheet against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case, Union Minister and BJP leader Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday accused the party of engaging in "low-level politics" and urged it to take responsibility for the "corruption."
Earlier today, the Congress launched massive protests across the country against the central government and investigative agencies. The protest follows the ED filing a chargesheet against Rahul, Sonia and other Congress leaders in connection with the National Herald case.
Speaking to ANI, Vaishnaw said, "In the National Herald, they are doing politics of a very low level. This is not a political issue, it is a case of corruption. Congress should own it."
Earlier, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya also attacked Congress leaders over the National Herald case, saying that they are acting "like a slave of the Gandhi family."
He stated that there is huge corruption in the National Herald Case, whose investigation began during the Congress regime; therefore, all the agencies should be allowed to work freely.
"The Congress party is acting like a slave of the Gandhi family. The Constitution is same for all 140 crore people of the country. There was a huge scam, huge corruption in the National Herald case, the investigation of which began during the Congress government's regime itself...The investigation agencies should be allowed to do their work", Keshav Prasad Maurya told ANI.
In the national capital, some of the Congress leaders were detained by the Delhi Police as they attempted to breach security cordons near the Congress office.
On Tuesday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a prosecution complaint (chargesheet) against top Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in connection with the National Herald money laundering case. The chargesheet also names 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)