As the ED charge sheets Telangana 'Bag Man' in National Herald case, he is trying his best to distract the people’s attention from his corrupt practices, says KTR.
The judge posted the matter on May 2.
The National Herald case revives a legal battle that has dogged the top brass of the grand old party for nearly a decade. The chargesheet also names Congress leader Sam Pitroda and Suman Dubey as accused persons.
The Congress called the agency action as "petty vendetta tactics" and dubbed the ED a "coalition partner" of the BJP which, it claimed, is staring at a certain defeat in the assembly polls.
Shivakumar had appeared before the ED last on September 19 in Delhi where he was questioned with regard to another money laundering case linked to alleged possession of disproportionate assets.
The probe relates to alleged financial irregularities in the Congress-promoted Young Indian Private Limited, which owns the National Herald newspaper.
The questioning began around 12:30 pm after completion of some formalities like verification of summons and signature in the attendance sheet, sources said.
Pilot, who later said he had been detained by police, told reporters outside the AICC headquarters that the government’s policy should be focused on reducing inflation, ending unemployment, but contrary to that, its only objective is to target the Congress.
The Congress has slammed the government for allegedly misusing probe agencies against opposition leaders and staged protests against ED summons to Sonia Gandhi
Gandhi, who was diagnosed with Covid recently, was seen wearing a mask and was accompanied by her children Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi.
Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul, have been accused of grabbing valuable assets of the Associate Journal Ltd, which publishes the National Herald newspaper.
Gandhi had last month requested the federal agency to defer the summons issued to her, as she was recovering from a COVID-19 infection.
Sonia Gandhi, the president of the Congress, who spent more than a week in the hospital due to COVID-19 complications, requested in a letter to the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday that her court appearance in the case of the National Herald be delayed for a few weeks until she is fully recovered.
Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, is stable and healing well, according to sources at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, nearly a week after she was taken to the facility for post-Covid problems. According to the Congress, she was diagnosed with a lower respiratory tract infection after being admitted to the hospital.
The 75-year-old leader is recovering at New Delhi’s Ganga Ram Hospital after a fungal infection was detected in her lower respiratory tract earlier this week, the party said.
Gandhi, who has been questioned for more than 30 hours over three days, has informed the probe agency that he has to be with his mother, Sonia Gandhi who is undergoing treatment at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram hospital.
Officials stated Wednesday that the Enforcement Directorate called Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for questioning for the fourth time in the National Herald money laundering case on Friday.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appeared before the ED on Wednesday for the third consecutive day of questioning in the National Herald money laundering case, with the agency seeking answers about his "personal role" in taking decisions with regard to the media organisation and its owner Young Indian.
Gandhi was reportedly questioned for more than 10 hours by the federal agency on June 13 and 14. He, along with Congress president Sonia Gandhi, were issued summons in connection to an alleged money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper.
Gandhi (51) arrived at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) headquarters on APJ Abdul Kalam Road in central Delhi around 11:05 am, accompanied by his sister and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and his statement was recorded under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), officials said.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi on June 13 for questioning in connection with National Herald money laundering case.
Sonia Gandhi had to appear for questioning before Enforcement Directorate on June 8 over the National Herald case.
The case dates back to 2012 when a first complaint was filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in a trial court alleging financial irregularities by Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and others, during the acquisition of Associated Journals Limited (AJL) – the publisher of National Herald newspaper – by the Gandhi family-owned Young Indian Pvt Ltd (YIL) in 2010
The National Herald case, which pertains to the alleged misappropriation of assets of over Rs 2,000 crore in an equity transaction, was closed by the investigating agency in 2015, the Congress party said calling the notice a vendetta
The 79-year-old Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha was summoned to appear before the federal agency with regard to the probe, they said.