Subhechcha Ganguly 
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday summoned Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi over the National Herald case. The National Herald case was closed by the investigating agency in 2015.Congress leaders Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Randeep Surjewala said party president Sonia Gandhi has been summoned by the ED for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper on June 8, and she was determined to appear before the agency as she has nothing to hide.The National Herald is a newspaper founded by former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and other freedom fighters in 1938. It aimed to voice the concerns of the liberal brigade in the Indian National Congress.A tax evasion petition (TEP) was also addressed to the Finance Minister by Swamy.In the complaint before the trial court, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others have been accused of misappropriating funds by paying just Rs 50 lakh, through which Young Indian had obtained the right to recover Rs 90.25 crore that AJL owed to the Congress.
By Subhechcha Ganguly
