‘Ek chawanni chaandi ki … ‘: BJP’s poetic jibe at Sonia, Rahul Gandhi over National Herald case | India News

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party drew a pointy distinction between the Congress throughout Mahatma Gandhi‘s period and its present-day management, invoking the continuing National Herald case involving Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. The feedback got here in because the Enforcement Directorate made submissions earlier than the courtroom noting {that a} “prima facie” case of cash laundering had been made out towards Congress leaders. “There was a time when Congress was the Congress of Mahatma Gandhi, where the membership fee was just four annas. The slogan used to be ‘Ek chawanni chaandi ki, Jai bolo Mahatma Gandhi ki.’ And now, under the leadership of the modern-day Gandhis, not just the country, even the property of the party seems to belong to them,” BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi stated.BJP chief Shehzad Poonawalla additionally hit out at the 2 leaders saying, “Loota hai toh lautana hai…Today, there is all evidence of how beneficial interest from Rs 5000 crore worth of public property was directed to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.”Meanwhile, the Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi has begun listening to opening arguments from the ED on the cognisance of its prosecution criticism towards Sonia, Rahul and others in reference to a cash laundering case linked to the National Herald. Additional solicitor normal (ASG) SV Raju, representing the ED, argued that the offence of cash laundering was clearly established, citing the existence of proceeds of crime and alleging continued legal exercise to generate such proceeds. The investigative company initiated its investigation in 2021, following a Justice of the Peace courtroom’s cognisance of a non-public criticism filed by Swamy on June 26, 2014. The company not too long ago filed its chargesheet within the case.