On Monday, former Congress national president Rahul Gandhi appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in a money laundering case related to the National Herald. During this he was interrogated for three hours. At the same time, during lunch, Rahul Gandhi reached Sir Ganga Ram Hospital to meet his mother Sonia Gandhi directly from the ED office. During this, his sister Priyanka Gandhi was also present with him.
After meeting his mother, Rahul Gandhi again reached the ED office. This time the ED questioned him for five and a half hours. According to PTI, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was again asked to appear before the ED on Tuesday. Let us inform that in the same case of National Herald, Sonia Gandhi has also been called for questioning by the ED on June 23. However, Sonia Gandhi is admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi due to problems related to COVID.
What happened: On Monday, Rahul Gandhi went to the Congress office before going to the ED office. Where Congress workers took out a foot march with Rahul Gandhi. A large number of police forces were also present during this. At around 11 am, Rahul Gandhi reached the ED office with his convoy.
During this, many veteran Congress leaders and many workers protested across the country in the name of Satyagraha. Due to which the police detained many big leaders, CMs, former CMs and activists who protested.
Whose arrests were made: Randeep Surjewala, Harish Rawat, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Deepender Singh Hooda, Ashok Gehlot, Pramod Tiwari etc. were arrested. In Lucknow, Congress Legislature Party leaders Aradhana Mishra, Mona and Naseemuddin were placed under house arrest. In Delhi, Alka Lamba was stopped by the police outside the house.
At the same time, some such pictures also came to the fore, in which the police were seen dragging many Congress veteran leaders. Due to which some got injured. Let us inform that a video of KC Venugopal, who was taken into custody, surfaced, in which he was dragged away.
Congress shared a video about KC Venugopal. In which it is alleged that the removal of Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal from the protest site with inhumanity, is evidence of BJP’s anger. At the same time, Ajay Kumar Lallu in UP was also taken away by the police during the protest of Congress in UP. During this he sat on the road. After which the police forcefully removed them from there.
Chidambaram’s rib fracture: Former Union minister and senior leader P Chidambaram was accused of being pushed by the police during a protest in Delhi. Regarding this, the Congress party told that there was a fracture in the left rib of Chidambaram.
Releasing a video, Randeep Surjewala said, “Modi government has crossed every limit of barbarism. Former Home Minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram was hit by police, his glasses were thrown on the ground, he has a hairline fracture in his left rib. MP Pramod Tiwari was thrown on the road. Head injury and rib fracture. Is this a democracy?”
In another video in the evening, he said, “The whole day has passed, the attack is on. The Congress general secretary, KC Venugopal was attacked with a deadly attack. MP, Shakti Singh Gohil was attacked. Congress workers were beaten up. Thousands are in jail. Democracy has been trampled, the country will not forgive the Modi government.
Panicked by the zeal and spirit of the Congress satyagrahis, the dictatorial government has come down on brutality.
Congress General Secretary Mr. @kcvenugopalmp With this inhumanity, getting him removed from the protest site is proof of BJP’s fury. #IndiaWithRahulGandhi pic.twitter.com/aT76KavvSI
— Congress (@INCIndia) June 13, 2022
Surjewala alleged that whenever the BJP is scared, he hides behind the police. At one time the British government also used to hide behind the police, when it used to crush the movement of freedom struggle. Even in today’s era, the Modi government is hiding behind the ED and the police.
At the same time, Congress leader Pawan Khera, while participating in the protest, said that Congress leaders are being taken to Fatehpur Beri by filling them in buses. All the jails of Delhi have been filled, but the spirit of Congressmen is high, we will try again.
Let us inform that the Congress protested across the country regarding the appearance of Rahul Gandhi in front of the ED. In Rajasthan, under the leadership of State President Govind Singh, Congress leaders and workers protested by taking out a peaceful foot march. At the same time, Maharashtra Congress also demonstrated in Mumbai, Nagpur.
BJP’s counterattack: Union Minister Anurag Thakur said, “After all, what does Rahul Gandhi fear? Will there be a separate law for a family and a party? Why pressure on investigating agencies by getting Congress workers to protest across the country? Has the entire Congress been reduced to hiding the corruption of one family?”
He said that Congress has been exposed. They do not want to cooperate in the fight against corruption. What is Rahul Gandhi afraid of? Why are they afraid if they haven’t done anything wrong? Why is pressure being put on the investigating agencies by calling Congress workers from across the country.
On the other hand, Union Minister Smriti Irani said, “The impasse that Congress leaders and workers are doing today on the call of Rahul Gandhi is not an attempt to save democracy, but an attempt to save the assets of the Gandhi family worth Rs 2,000 crore.” He said that today the Congress party has entered the fray in support of corruption. Those who are on bail have declared that ‘Come surround Delhi, our corruption has been caught’. Senior Congress leaders have been specially invited to put pressure on an investigation agency.
Smriti Irani said in a press conference, “Today, I will draw the attention of those who want to put pressure on the Investigation Agency, on the sentence of a 2019 judgment of the Delhi High Court, ‘Rahul and Sonia Gandhi ji’s ownership of AGL. There is an attempt to illegally take possession of the property.”