Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician Anurag Thakur on Friday remarked on Congress alleging that the National Herald Case is politically motivated. He said during a press conference that he dares Congress - “caught stealing red-handed yet again” - to move the courts for a quick and time-bound disposal of cases.
The National Herald case involves the Enforcement Directorate (ED) naming Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in a corruption case involving the English newspaper National Herald.
“If they have guts, they should do it,” Thakur said, adding that in the “Congress model of corruption” the thieves make a lot of noise. He said, “The National Herald case has stunned the Congress ecosystem into silence.”
Thakur mentioned that the Gandhi family has repeatedly approached the lower courts seeking to quash proceedings initiated before the BJP government came to power in 2014."The courts have not granted them any relief, other than bail," The Hindu quoted him, stating that the judiciary has not interfered in the ED라이브 바카라 investigation.
Thakur said that the Gandhi family used the newspaper as an ATM, accusing Congress’ state chief ministers of spending public money as advertisement into the weekly newspaper which did not have much readership.
“Both Gandhis together owned 76% of the Young Indian company which was given ₹50 lakh loan by the Congress. The company then took over the Associated Journals Limited, which owns the newspaper affiliated to the Congress, in lieu of ₹90 crore it owed to the Opposition party,” he said, asking if it is legal for any political parties to hand out loans?
What is the National Herald Case About?
The ED claims that Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi owned a company called Young Indian Pvt. Ltd. (YIL) in which they hold 76% stake in order to buy out Associated Journals Limited (AJL). AJL published National Herald along with 'Qaumi Awaz' in Urdu and 'Navjeevan' in Hindi.
The ED launched its investigation in 2021 after the Metropolitan Magistrate at Delhi라이브 바카라 Patiala House Courts took cognisance of a private complaint filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on June 26, 2014. The ED alleges that YIL, a private firm "beneficially owned" by the Gandhi family, allegedly acquired properties worth ₹2,000 crore from AJL for just ₹50 lakh - a deal critics claim significantly undervalued the assets.
