Sonia Gandhi discharged from hospital, has to face ED probe on June 23

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New Delhi, June 20, 2022: Congress president Sonia Gandhi was discharged from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi on Monday, June 20. Sonia Gandhi was admitted to hospital with Covid complications on June 12.Congress leader Jairam Ramesh tweeted, “Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been discharged from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital this evening and advised rest at home.

 

Earlier, Sonia Gandhi was asked to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case. She was asked to appear before the agency on June 8, but after she tested positive for Covid-19 on June 1, she sought time from the ED.

The ED then issued fresh summons to Sonia Gandhi, asking her to appear before the agency on June 23.

 

Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi has been discharged from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital this evening and advised rest at home.

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) June 20, 2022

Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi faced a fourth round of questioning by the Enforcement Directorate on Monday, June 20.

The National Herald matter came to the fore when former BJP MP Subramanian Swamy filed a case in the Delhi High Court accusing Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi of land grabbing and misappropriating funds worth thousands of crores of Rupees.

He alleged that the Gandhis had acquired a public limited company — AJL — through a privately held firm — Young India Limited — of which Rahul Gandhi was the director.

Many shareholders of the AJL, including former law minister Shanti Bhushan and former chief justice of Allahabad and Madras High Courts Markandey Katju, said they were not served any notice when YIL acquired control over it. They said that the shares held by their fathers were transferred to AJL in 2010 without their consent.

Subramanian Swamy in his complaint alleged that YIL “took over” the assets of AJL, including the National Herald, in a “malicious” manner to gain profit and acquire assets worth over Rs 2,000 crore.

Swamy also alleged that YIL had paid just Rs 50 lakh to obtain the rights to recover Rs 90.25 crore that AJL owed the Congress party. The loan was taken by AJL to start the newspaper. Swamy also alleged that the loan itself was illegal, as it had been disbursed from party funds.

The ED probe in the case began in 2014. It started the investigations to verify the allegations of money laundering.

Courtesy: India Today