Rahul Gandhi appears before Enforcement Directorate for National Herald case
NEW DELHI : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Delhi to appear before it in connection with the National Herald case.He was accompanied by his sister and party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
The Congress leader surrounded by hundreds of party workers marched to the ED office to appear before the agency from party headquarters. Police have been deployed outside Rahul Gandhi’s residence additional security forces have been also deployed outside the Enforcement Directorate office in the national capital.
Congress party leaders, party workers, Congress MPs and MLAs are staging a massive protest in front of AICC Headquarters ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s appearance before Enforcement Directorate in the National Herald case. Hundreds of Congress workers stage a protest holding placards in support of party leader Rahul Gandhi outside AICC headquarters ahead of his appearance before ED today. Congress leaders gather at party HQ to express solidarity with top leadership as Rahul Gandhi appears before ED.
Earlier today Several Congress workers Including senior leaders Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, KC Venugopal detained by police, taken to Tughlaq Road PS. Party’s Deepender S Hooda, Ashok Gehlot also detained and taken to Fatehpur police station..
Meanwhile, reacting on the issue Union Minister Smirti Irani said “Congress leaders have taken to the streets to pressurize an investigating agency openly because their corruption has been exposed…It’s an attempt to protect the assets of the Gandhi family
Congress members should also ask Rahul Gandhi about his family’s relations with Dotex Merchandise, which Smriti Irani described as a hawala operator whose transactions have been flagged by the Financial Intelligence Unit. Nobody is above law, even Rahul Gandhi; Congress ‘s march aimed at putting pressure on probe agency: says Smriti Irani”
Congress leaders Rajni Patil, Akhikesh Prasad Singh, L Hanumanthaiah & Thirunavukkarasar Su. detained in Mandir Marg PS for protest in support of Rahul Gandhi .
