National Herald Case: ‘Sonia and Rahul Gandhi are misleading the court …’ ED lawyer in the National Herald case argued in court

New Delhi. Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju said on behalf of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the National Herald case on Tuesday that Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have given a misleading and wrong statement about the shareholders not being entitled to assets. Raju cited Section 25 of the Companies Act in support of his argument. The investigating agency misunderstood Gandhi’s claim that he has no control over properties. The ED said in the court that Gandhi’s statement is misleading.

A day earlier, Young Indian argued on Monday that the Income Tax Department had described the alleged loan of Rs 90 crore given to Associated Journal Limited (AJL), the publisher of ‘National Herald’ newspaper, as a showy transaction and said that ‘the money goes nowhere’, but it became the basis of the ED case.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has accused Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, late Congress leaders Motilal Vora and Oscar Fernandes, Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda and a private company Young Indian to publish the ‘National Herald’ newspaper on AJL of conspiracy and funds on acquisition from the fraud of property worth more than Rs 2,000 crore.

The ED alleges that the Gandhi family had 76 percent shares of Young Indian, which cheated AJL’s property by cheating in exchange for a loan of Rs 90 crore. The ED has filed a charge sheet against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others under Section 3 (Money Laundering) and Char (punished for money laundering) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).