Congress protests against ED chargesheet in National Herald case

NEW DELHI, April 16: The Congress on Wednesday held protests outside Enforcement Directorate offices across the country over the agency’s chargesheet against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case and alleged that the action against its leaders showed panic and moral bankruptcy of the “despotic” government which wanted to divert attention from public issues and economic crisis.
The BJP stepped up its attack on the Congress, saying the opposition party has the right to protest but no one has the “licence to loot”, and asserted that probe agencies will be unfazed by the Congress’ “threats”.
The law will take its course under the Modi government, BJP leader and former law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said at a press conference at party headquarters and dismissed the Congress’ charge of vendetta.
The opposition party claimed that the “frivolous” case against its leadership is nothing but BJP’s fear of a “rising, revived” Congress and alleged that the ruling party was trying to “whitewash its sins” with such actions.
“This effort is being made to divert attention from public issues, foreign policy and economic crisis. The masterminds of this politics of revenge are two people who have a criminal mindset, but we will not remain silent,” AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh said addressing a press conference along with Abhishek Singhvi.
Holding black flags and placards, Congress leaders and workers raised slogans against the government and the ED as they protested on streets and outside the agency’s offices across the states. (PTI)