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Congress protest march in support of corruption: BJP

13 Jun 2022 Evaluate

BJP today criticised the Congress party for taking out a massive protest march against the ED summons to its leader Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case. BJP said that members of the opposition party have hit the streets in support of corruption and allegedly protect over Rs 2,000 crore assets of the Gandhi family.

Union Minister Smriti Irani said the protests are an attempt to pressurise investigating agencies and that never before has a political family attempted to hold investigative agencies to ransom to protect ‘ill-gotten wealth. she alleged that the Gandhi family floated Young Indian to grab the assets worth over Rs 2,000 crore of Associated Journals Limited, which publishes the National Herald newspaper.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi today appeared before the ED for questioning in connection with a money laundering case. Congress' interim president Sonia Gandhi has also been summoned by ED to appear before it on June 23.