Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Thursday slammed the BJP over the ED's chargesheet in the Gurugram land case, accusing the agency of biased action and deflecting from key issues.
As part of the Congress call to resist "gross misuse of power by the Modi government", party activists participated in nationwide protests held at Enforcement Directorate offices in state capitals and Central Government offices in districts across the country.
Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal termed the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) chargesheet against Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in the National Herald money laundering case a "political vendetta."
A political showdown erupted between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) following the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) prosecution complaint against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald money laundering case.
Addressing a joint press conference with fellow Congress MP Jairam Ramesh, Singhvi said, "This is nothing but vendetta in legal disguise. ED should answer why no NDA ally or BJP leader has ever been touched by the ED. Selective justice is nothing but political thuggery."
On Tuesday, the ED filed a prosecution complaint (chargesheet) in Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court against Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Sam Pitroda, Suman Dubey and others, including several firms.
Several Congress workers have been detained by the police in various states as they are holding nationwide agitation against the Central government after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a prosecution complaint against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case.
Congress MP Kumari Selja on Wednesday said that the chargesheet filed against the Gandhis by the Enforcement Directorate in the National Herald case is "politically motivated".
Singh highlighted that they have consistently handed over their personal wealth to the country since 1930 and have never acquired wealth for personal gain while holding public office, stressing that the entire case is false and has been filed to harass.
He further stated that this complaint was the targeted modus operandi of the BJP government which aimed at demoralising and defaming opponents by misusing the agencies.
Congress leader Supriya Shrinate on Tuesday termed the complaint filed against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in the National Herald case "bogus" and accused the government of "dirty, vulgar, cheap and about vendetta politics."
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sudhanshu Trivedi reacted to the Enforcement Directorate's chargesheet against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in the alleged National Herald money laundering case and suggested the Congress party to not "play politics" on the issue as the case