Congress MPs protest 'misuse of ED' after Gandhis get relief in National Herald case

Congress MPs on Wednesday (December 17) staged a protest in the Parliament House complex against the Centre over its alleged misuse of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), following the court’s decision to grant relief to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case.

The party’s MPs said that truth had prevailed after a Delhi court declined to take cognisance of the probe agency’s money-laundering charge against the two leaders.

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Holding a banner reading ‘Satyamev Jayate, Truth Prevails’, the MPs lined up in front of the Makar Dwar steps, raised slogans against the government, and demanded an apology from the Narendra Modi administration.

Congress general secretary in-charge organisation K C Venugopal, AICC general secretary Mukul Wasnik, MPs Shashi Tharoor, Tariq Anwar, Kumari Selja, K Suresh, Manickam Tagore, among others, participated in the protest.

Call for Modi, Shah resignation

Earlier, the Congress demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah's resignation after the court relief.

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The Opposition party also vowed to expose the "vendetta politics" against its leadership, asserting that the Congress cadre is agitated and is going to show its strength against the "misuse of agencies." "We will keep fighting them both inside and outside Parliament and teach them a lesson," party president Mallikarjun Kharge said at a press conference.

In a relief to Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and five others, a Delhi court on Tuesday refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's money laundering charge against them in the National Herald case, holding that the agency's probe stemmed from a private complaint and not an FIR.