Congress will hold protests outside ED offices national herald case across country 16 april chargesheet rahul sonia gandhi ann

National Herald Case: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others on charges of money laundering related to National Herald. The Congress will protest against this outside the ED office across the country.

Congress general secretary organization KC Venugopal said, “PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah government has no limit to revenge against the opposition. Action is being taken against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi by using politics inspired and fabricated National Herald case so that the voice of the opposition can be silenced. It shows the Prime Minister and Home Minister’s frustration, which are failing to overcome the concerns of the Prime Minister and the Home Minister, which is trying to overcome the concerns of the Prime Minister and the Minister.”

‘This family shed blood for the country’

Congress leader KC Venugopal said, “It seems that he (BJP) has forgotten that it is a family that has shed his blood for the country. The use of these small tricks and agencies is not going to stop us, but it will further strengthen our resolutions against the destructive rule.”

Congress leader KC Venugopal said, “We will protest outside the ED offices across the country on Wednesday (April 16, 2025) and register our strong protest against such vengeance and threat politics.” The names of Congress leaders Sam Pitroda and Suman Dubey are also included as accused in the charge sheet. ED’s Special Public Prosecutor NK Matta filed a charge sheet under Section-three (Dhan Laundering) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and four (punishment for money laundering).

ED accused Rahul-Sonia

AJL is a publisher of the National Herald News Platform (newspaper and web portal), owned by Young Indian Private Limited. Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi are the shareholders of Young Indian, each, each has 38 percent shares. A few years ago, the ED questioned him for hours in this case.

The ED found in the investigation that Young Indian, a private company owned by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, bought AJL property worth Rs 2,000 crore for just Rs 50 lakh, which is much lower than its price. The ED alleged, “Young Indian and AJL properties were used to earn a crime income as fake donations of Rs 18 crore, fake advance fare of Rs 38 crore and fake advertisements of Rs 29 crore.