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ED: Gandhis ran Young India for illegal profits
Hindustan Times Noida
|July 13, 2025
The Enforcement Directorate has said that senior Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi ran Young Indian (YI), a charitable organisation, clandestinely to profiteer illegally from the assets of Associate Journal Ltd (AJL).
Appearing for ED on Saturday, additional solicitor general SV Raju defended the allegations of money laundering against the Gandhis and five other accused in National Herald case before special judge Vishal Gogne.
The agency has alleged that the Gandhis acquired beneficial ownership of AJL's assets worth ₹2,000 crore for a mere ₹50 lakh that was paid to the Congress party. AJL was the parent company of the newspaper National Herald which was run by the Congress itself.
This story is from the July 13, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Noida.
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