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On June 13, Congress will protest in front of the ED office in all the states of the country. Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi is to appear before ED on this day in Delhi. Rahul will march to the ED office with the big leaders of the party. Congress has asked Congress Working Committee, State General Secretary, Lok Sabha and state MPs to be present in Delhi on Monday morning by holding a virtual meeting.
Sonia did not appear on June 8
Congress President Sonia Gandhi did not appear before the ED on Wednesday as well. Sonia was corona infected on June 2 and her latest test report has also come positive. She sought three weeks’ time from the ED citing ill health. However, there has been no response from the ED on this yet.
What is money laundering case
BJP MP Subramanian Swamy had alleged in 2012 that the Gandhi family had cheated and misappropriated money. Young Indian Private Limited got the right to recover Rs.90.25 crores by paying only 50 lakhs. He had earlier filed a complaint in a Delhi court.
understand the whole case in detail
In 1938, the Congress Party formed Associate Journals Limited (AJL). Under this, the National Herald newspaper was brought out. AJL had a debt of more than 90 crores and another company was formed to eliminate this. Whose name was Young India Limited.
In this, the share of Rahul and Sonia was 38-38%. 9 crore shares of AJL were given to Young India. It was said that Young India would pay the liabilities of AJL in lieu of this, but due to the high stake, Young India got the ownership rights. The loan of 90 crores given by Congress to meet the liabilities of AJL was also waived off later.
What happened in the case so far
- On 1 November 2012, Subramanian Swamy filed a case in Delhi Court, in which apart from Sonia-Rahul, Motilal Vora, Oscar Fernandes, Suman Dubey and Sam Pitroda were made accused.
- On 26 June 2014, the Metropolitan Magistrate issued summons against all the accused including Sonia-Rahul.
- On August 1, 2014, the ED took cognizance of the matter and registered a money laundering case.
- In May 2019, ED seized assets worth 64 crores related to this case.
- On 19 December 2015, Delhi Patiala Court granted bail to all the accused including Sonia, Rahul in this case.
- On 9 September 2018, the Delhi High Court gave a blow to Sonia and Rahul in this case. The court had dismissed the petition against the notice of the Income Tax Department.
- The Congress challenged this in the Supreme Court as well, but on December 4, 2018, the court said that the Income Tax investigation would continue. However, no order will be passed till the next hearing.