ED Can't Scare Us: Cong on Herald Charge Sheet

We are not going to be scared, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Saturday as he linked the Enforcement Directorate (ED)'s move against former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case with the All India Congress Committee (AICC) session in Ahmedabad.

- Saubhadra Chatterji

NEW DELHI: The party later announced a major "save the Constitution" campaign across India starting this month.

In its charge sheet released on April 15, the federal agency named Gandhis as accused, and revealed that Young Indian Private Limited (YI)—a non-profit company in which Gandhis together own 76%—received donations worth ₹18.12 crore from various persons or entities "which are not found to be genuine". ED also alleged that Gandhis are the "beneficial owners" of all the properties of AJL estimated to have current market value of ₹5,000 crore—after it was taken over in 2010-11 by YI.

Addressing the party leaders during a meeting with general secretaries, in-charges and frontal organisations, Kharge said: "As part of a big conspiracy, the names of CPP chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Lok Sabha's Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi have been charge-sheeted in the National Herald case. But no matter whose name is put, we are not going to be scared," he said.