Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi is likely to depose before the ED for her second round of questioning in the money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper
The Congress has slammed the agency's action against its top leadership and termed it "political vendetta"
Congress leaders said that by resorting to the harassment in the garb of money laundering cases, central govt is stirring a hornet's nest for which BJP and its leaders will have to pay a heavy price
A day ahead of Sonia Gandhi's appearance at the ED office, the Congress called a meeting of the party leaders to prepare for protests
Her conduct in the election of the president and the vice-president confirms her image as an unpredictable leader
The two-day 'Navsankalp Chintan Shivir' organised by the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) concluded here on Sunday with the party taking a number of decisions
The Congress "assassinated" and "publicly mutilated" her daughter's character, Irani said in a hard-hitting press conference, and dared the Opposition party to show the proof of any wrongdoing.
The Congress committees in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi on Friday held protests in Mangaluru and Udupi to protest against the Enforcement Directorate's interrogation of party president Sonia Gandhi.
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Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Friday said that "vendetta politics has reached a new low" with the Enforcement Directorate's summoning of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi for interrogation. He also said that all investigating agencies are now perceived as long arms of the government to harass leaders and tarnish reputations. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday questioned Congress chief Gandhi for over two hours in a money laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper. The day was a show of strength for the party with street protests and leaders courting arrest across the country. "By the ED summoning Sonia Gandhi for interrogation vendetta politics has reached a new low," said Sibal, a former Congress leader who quit the party recently and was elected to the Rajya Sabha for a fresh term as an independent. "All investigating agencies are now perceived as long arms of the government to harass leaders and tarnish reputations," he said.
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying that the party wants to tarnish the image of the "Gandhi family" and the "Congress party"
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel challenged the BJP govt at the Centre, saying if it has courage it should install cameras and live telecast the questioning of Congress president Sonia Gandhi by ED
The Nationalist Congress Party on Thursday alleged that whenever there are protests against the Narendra Modi government's various failures, central agencies are used to harass Opposition leaders
The Congress said that allegations that ED stopped questioning party chief Sonia Gandhi in the National Herald case as she requested to leave because she is suffering from Covid-19 are baseless
Congress chief summoned again on July 25; party stages protests across country
The Congress leader, who is recovering from Covid, was questioned for about two hours on Thursday
The questioning of the 75-year-old Congress leader, who is recovering from Covid, lasted for about two hours and the session ended on her request, officials said
Of total 748 votes of MPs, NDA's Droupadi Murmu gets 540, Opposition's Yashwant Sinha gets 208, says Returning Officer
Slamming the Centre over Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's questioning by ED, party leader Sachin Pilot said the BJP-led govt's sole objective is to indulge in "character assassination" of people
Opposition parties criticized the Central government for unleashing a "relentless vendetta against political opponents" through misuse of investigative agencies by targeting prominent leaders