National Herald Case: Relief for Gandhis; Congress MPs Led by K.C. Venugopal Protest at Parliament

India Today

In a major legal relief for the Congress, a Delhi court refused to take cognizance of the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) charge sheet against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case. Special Judge Vishal Gogne ruled that the probe, based on a private complaint, lacked a predicate FIR. Following the order, Congress MPs led by General Secretary K.C. Venugopal staged a protest at Parliament's Makar Dwar, waving 'Satyamev Jayate' placards. The opposition alleged a 'decade-long vendetta' by the Narendra Modi government. Protests also erupted in Karnataka's Belagavi, where a Congress leader stated, 'Today, justice has been prevailed.' The BJP, however, termed the relief temporary.

Transcript

00:00And while politics over National Herald that rages on with the Gandhis granted relief by the Delhi

00:05court, Congress has launched a fresh attack on the Modi government, staging protests from Delhi

00:10to Karnataka, while the BJP warns that the final chapter of this legal battle is yet to be written.

00:16Watch this report.

00:23After a long legal battle, the relief for the Gandhis in the National Herald case has sparked

00:28a fresh political storm.

00:31The Congress is now up the ante against the Narendra Modi government, alleging a decade-long vendetta.

00:36Congress MP staged a protest at Parliament's iconic Makar Dwar.

00:39Congress MP staged a protest at Parliament's iconic Makar Dwar, waving Satya Mev Jaiti placards

00:55and demanding justice.

01:08After the Delhi court refused to take a cognizance of the EDT RCT National Herald case, today

01:16the Congress MPs along with a few other MPs of India, Brock, are right now protesting right

01:21in front of Makar Dwar.

01:23Right behind me you can see as to how the MPs are now protesting.

01:28And Casey Vinukupal is reading that entire protest, the posters which the Congress MPs are holding

01:34reads Satya Mev Jaiti, truths prevail.

01:37The protest was not just limited to Delhi.

01:40In Karnataka, Congress leaders gathered near the Gandhi statue at a Suvarnasodha in Belagavi,

01:46condemning the central government's political vendetta over the National Herald case.

01:50The Congress claims that allegations of money laundering and illegal property transfer were baseless.

02:11The BJP, however, termed the court order dismissing the ED charge sheet to be a temporary relief,

02:38insisting that the final verdict will go against the Gandhis.

02:41With the court verdict delivering the Gandhi's temporary relief, the political battle lines

03:01are drawn sharper than ever.

03:03Protests, claims and counterclaims continue, keeping the National Herald saga at the centre

03:08of India's political storm.

03:10With Piyush Mishra in Delhi, Bureau Report, India Today.

Category

Transcript

Be the first to comment

Recommended