National Herald Case Live : As Congress president Sonia Gandhi appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED), party MPs and Congress Working Committee (CWC) members "courted mass arrest" outside the AICC headquarters on Thursday in a show of collective solidarity with her.
Sonia Gandhi appeared before the ED here for questioning in a money-laundering probe linked to the National Herald-Associated Journals Limited case.
The 75-year-old Congress leader arrived at the federal probe agency's headquarters located at Vidyut Lane flanking A P J Abdul Kalam Road in central Delhi a little after noon, escorted by her 'Z+' category Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) security cover.
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The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday recorded the statement of Congress president Sonia Gandhi for two hours in the National Herald money laundering case and ended the session for the day on her request as she is recovering from Covid, officials said.
Gandhi, 75, arrived at the ED headquarters located at Vidyut Lane flanking A P J Abdul Kalam Road in central Delhi a little after noon escorted by her Z+ category CRPF security cover.
Slamming the Centre over Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's questioning by the Enforcement Directorate, party leader Sachin Pilot on Thursday said the BJP-led government's sole objective is to indulge in "character assassination" of people and "trample" upon the voice of the Opposition.
"Fictitious cases are being filed, there is no FIR, no criminality, there is no give and take so how can there be a case of laundering?" he said referring to Gandhi being called for questioning by the ED.
"This questioning has been initiated to damage the morale of the leadership, target the Opposition and trample upon the voice of the Opposition," the former Union minister told reporters.