A special court in Delhi started a daily hearing on Wednesday in the money laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper. The high-profile case related to Congress Parliamentary Party President Sonia Gandhi and her son and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is being heard by Vishal Gogan, Special Judge of CBI. Additional Solicitor General V Raju, appearing on behalf of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), said the Congress party wanted to grab Associated Journal Limited (AJL), which had assets of Rs 2,000 crore. The ASG said that this conspiracy was hatched by Sonia and Rahul Gandhi at the behest of the Congress party.
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AJL used to publish the National Herald newspaper established by former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Raju said that a conspiracy was hatched to make Young Indian, with 76% shares of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi to grab assets worth Rs 2,000 crore for a loan of Rs 90 crore from Congress. SG SV Raju said, “Young Indian had announced that Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were beneficial owners. The ASG said that Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda were the leading managerial workers in Young Indian.”
ASG SV Raju argued that AJL, a company with assets worth Rs 2000 crore, was acquired for a loan of Rs 90 crore. This is a fraud. It was not a real transaction. The AJL was acquired by the Congress, not by the Congress. He said that it was a conspiracy. The ASG said that the Congress neither took interest nor bail. A loan of Rs 90 crore was sold for Rs 50 lakh.
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The ED said that on the instructions of senior Congress leaders, AJL was also given advertisement money. Whatever income earned from this fake company is crime. During the last hearing on 21 May, the ED said that Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi enjoyed the “income of crime” of Rs 142 crore involved in the alleged National Herald Money Laundering case. The Prevention of Money Laundering has filed prosecution complaint against senior Congress leaders including Gandhi family in the National Herald case. The charge sheet includes the names of Congress Overseas chief Pitroda, Suman Dubey and others.