Opposition slams corruption charges against the Gandhis

Congress leaders call it 'nothing but vendetta in legal disguise'

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India’s main opposition Congress party accused the government of a “vendetta” yesterday after a federal agency filed charges against its top leaders in a years-long corruption case.

Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi and his mother, Sonia Gandhi, were charged as part of a probe initiated by a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

They have denied the allegations and have accused the BJP of using the state apparatus to target its rivals.

Congress lawmaker Abhishek Singhvi said the case was “nothing but vendetta in legal disguise”.

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