Top Congress leaders to huddle ahead of Rauhl Gandhi’s ED appearance
India Today
Ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s appearance before the ED on June 13, top Congress leaders are set to hold a virtual meet tomorrow.
Congress general secretaries, in-charges, and all Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chiefs are set to hold a meeting via video conferencing at 4 pm on Thursday, June 9.
The meeting comes ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s appearance before the Enforcement Directorate on June 13 in connection with a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper.
According to sources, several Congress leaders and party MPs have put forth a request that they want to accompany Rahul Gandhi when he appears before the agency on June 13. The request will be discussed in the party’s meeting tomorrow, sources added.
Rahul Gandhi, who was earlier asked to appear before the ED in the National Herald Case on June 2, had sought more time. The Congress leader was sent a fresh notice and asked to appear before the ED on June 13.
THE NATIONAL HERALD CASE
The National Herald matter came to the fore when former BJP MP Subramanian Swamy filed a case in the Delhi High Court accusing Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi of land grabbing and misappropriating funds worth thousands of crores of Rupees.
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