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Rahul Gandhi ED questioning Day 3 LIVE Updates: Rahul Gandhi was questioned by the ED for over 10 hours on Tuesday, the second day of his appearance in the National Herald money-laundering case. He is all set to depose before the federal probe agency again today, June 15. Hundreds of Congress workers in Delhi took to the streets and several senior leaders were detained as they protested against the summons to Rahul and Sonia Gandhi in what the party alleges is a false case. Stay with Indiatoday.in for LIVE Updates on the Rahul Gandhi ED case. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said, “What the police did at the Congress headquarters this morning was a blatant violation of freedom. The police did not have a search or arrest warrant, yet they entered the office, pulled out Congress leaders and members, including MPs, and threw them on the street.” , , — P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) At a media briefing, Delhi Police Special CP (Law & Order) Sagar Hooda said around 800 people have been detained since the Congress began its satyagrah over Rahul Gandhi's ED questioning on Monday. He said the party did not take permission for holding protests today and their workers and leaders gathered in areas where section 144 is in force. As a result, they were detained. "We had communicated to Congress in writing last night that no gathering should be conducted around ED office and on Akbar Road with Sec 144 imposed. When some workers didn't agree to our appeal today also, we detained ...

National Herald case live updates: ED harassing Rahul Gandhi, says HD Kumaraswamy Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday wrote to the enforcement directorate seeking postponement of her appearance by a few weeks till she recovers completely from Covid and a lung infection. The Congress president had been summoned by the agency for questioning in a money laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper on June 23. Stay with TOI for latest updates: Read Less Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Wednesday wrote to the Enforcement Directorate urging that her appearance for questioning in National Herald case be put off for a few weeks till she recovers from her recent Covid infection. Sonia, who was hospitalised because of lung infection, was discharged last week and is recovering at home. She had been summoned to appear before the ED on Thursday. Addressing a gathering of legislators and senior leaders who were called from states for a function at the AICC headquarters, Rahul Gandhi said the Enforcement Directorate officers were surprised by his patience and stamina as he would not stir out of his chair for hours while they kept moving in and out. He said they asked him his secret and he told them it was his training in ‘vipassana’. Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday wrote to the enforcement directorate seeking postponement of her appearance by a few weeks till she recovers completely from Covid and a lung infection. The Congress president had been summoned by ...

By India Today Web Desk: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrived at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Delhi on Monday to appear before it in connection with the National Herald case. He was not alone. The Gandhi scion led a 'Satyagraha' march against the ED summons and party workers took to the streets in solidarity. On Monday morning, Rahul Gandhi was joined by his sister Priyanka Gandhi as they led several senior leaders and hundreds of workers to the ED office amid heavy police deployment and barricades. P Chidambaram was, however, amazed since bulldozers were missing in action. PROTESTS, DETENTION Delhi Police, who had denied permission for a Congress rally, detained several leaders, including Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and party general secretary KC Venugopal. They were taken to various police stations. At around 11 am, Rahul Gandhi arrived at the ED office, amid zindabad chants. Police lathicharged the protesters as ED began grilling the former Congress chief in a money laundering case. Senior leaders Adhir Chowdhury and Harish Rawat were dragged out from the protest site. Delhi | Congress leaders Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, KC Venugopal detained by police, taken to Tughlaq Road PS. Party's Deepender S Hooda, Ashok Gehlot also detained & taken to Fatehpur PS "Even the British could not suppress the voice of Congress during the freedom struggle, then how can this ruling government?" asked Randeep Singh Surjewala as ED grilled Rahul Gandhi. , . , , ? As many a...

By Darpan Singh: Congress leaders and workers were detained and sent packing in buses as the Delhi Police denied permission for the party to rally around its leader Rahul Gandhi, who appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning. Protests were also held across many states as the party said the Modi government was using the ED to settle political scores. The ruling BJP denied the charge and called the protests fake. The case involves National Herald, a newspaper that Jawaharlal Nehru founded; a company that had his great-grandson Rahul Gandhi as director and granddaughter-in-law Sonia Gandhi as another significant shareholder; besides charges of money laundering and illegal takeover of prime real estate. Let’s unpack them one by one. WHAT’S NATIONAL HERALD? • National Herald is a newspaper launched as a voice against British rule in 1938 by Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) that then Congress president Jawaharlal Nehru had started. • About 5,000 other freedom fighters were its shareholders. • Nehru was the patron of National Herald, which became the Congress mouthpiece after Independence, with its Urdu and Hindi editions known as Qaumi Awaz and Navjeevan. • Nehru quit as the chairman of National Herald's board of directors when he became India’s first prime minister. • In 2008, National Herald shut down, with a debt of Rs 90.25 crore owed to the Congress (in 2016, AJL re-launched the three dailies). • This Rs 90.25 crore was given by the Congress to National ...

Removal of a member of the Lok Sabha Disqualification of Rahul Gandhi Date 24 March 2023 Location Cause Conviction of Outcome Disqualification from holding public office and contesting in the The disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as member of the Conviction and disqualification [ ] On 13 April 2019, during a political rally in On 16 July 2019, the Surat court exempt Gandhi from personal appearance in court due to a short notice. On 23 February 2022, the Surat Court rejected Purnesh Modi's request to make Rahul Gandhi "personally explain" the contents of the On 23 March 2023, the Surat court convicted Rahul Gandhi and sentenced him to two years in prison stating that Gandhi "has accepted the controversial facts". He was given 30 days to appeal his sentence. On 24 March, one day after the conviction, Lok Sabha On 3 April, Gandhi was able to appeal and obtain Domestic response [ ] The Indian National Congress observed the day of disqualification as a "black day for Indian democracy" The conviction and disqualification prompted opposition leaders to take an unified stand; 14 major opposition parties jointly moved to the The opposition parties include the International reactions [ ] The Democrat co-chair of the India Caucus in the Germany's Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that Berlin had "taken note" of the verdict, and was watching the next steps, including his ability to appeal the verdict and whether the "suspension of his mandate" was justified. See also [ ] • References ...

BENGALURU: Close on the heels of being convicted in a defamation case, Congress leader Along with Rahul Gandhi, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) and its president DK Shivakumar (now Deputy Chief Minister), as well as Siddaramaiah, the former leader of opposition (now chief minister), have been arraigned as accused. Acting on the defamation case filed by BJP state secretary Keshavaprasad, a special court for trial of cases filed against sitting as well as former MPs/MLAs, triable by the Magistrate in Karnataka, has stated that the complainant has made out a prima facie case to take cognizance of the offences under Section 499 and 500 of IPC. In an order passed on Tuesday, Special Judge J Preeth has posted the case for the sworn statement of the complainant and any witnesses by July 27, 2023. The complainant had alleged that in the advertisement given on May 5, 2023, in all mainstream newspapers, the accused had made fanciful, baseless, foundationless, and irrational allegations against the complainant party. The complainant had further claimed that in the said fake advertisement, false and reckless allegations were made under the title "Corruption Rate card," based on the fanciful imagination of the accused. "The statements made in the newspaper publications on the first page of all the aforementioned newspapers are purely imaginary and fictitious," the complainant further stated. The advertisement in the newspapers contained reckless imputations regarding th...

Rahul Gandhi ED questioning Day 3 LIVE Updates: Rahul Gandhi was questioned by the ED for over 10 hours on Tuesday, the second day of his appearance in the National Herald money-laundering case. He is all set to depose before the federal probe agency again today, June 15. Hundreds of Congress workers in Delhi took to the streets and several senior leaders were detained as they protested against the summons to Rahul and Sonia Gandhi in what the party alleges is a false case. Stay with Indiatoday.in for LIVE Updates on the Rahul Gandhi ED case. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said, “What the police did at the Congress headquarters this morning was a blatant violation of freedom. The police did not have a search or arrest warrant, yet they entered the office, pulled out Congress leaders and members, including MPs, and threw them on the street.” , , — P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) At a media briefing, Delhi Police Special CP (Law & Order) Sagar Hooda said around 800 people have been detained since the Congress began its satyagrah over Rahul Gandhi's ED questioning on Monday. He said the party did not take permission for holding protests today and their workers and leaders gathered in areas where section 144 is in force. As a result, they were detained. "We had communicated to Congress in writing last night that no gathering should be conducted around ED office and on Akbar Road with Sec 144 imposed. When some workers didn't agree to our appeal today also, we detained ...

Removal of a member of the Lok Sabha Disqualification of Rahul Gandhi Date 24 March 2023 Location Cause Conviction of Outcome Disqualification from holding public office and contesting in the The disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as member of the Conviction and disqualification [ ] On 13 April 2019, during a political rally in On 16 July 2019, the Surat court exempt Gandhi from personal appearance in court due to a short notice. On 23 February 2022, the Surat Court rejected Purnesh Modi's request to make Rahul Gandhi "personally explain" the contents of the On 23 March 2023, the Surat court convicted Rahul Gandhi and sentenced him to two years in prison stating that Gandhi "has accepted the controversial facts". He was given 30 days to appeal his sentence. On 24 March, one day after the conviction, Lok Sabha On 3 April, Gandhi was able to appeal and obtain Domestic response [ ] The Indian National Congress observed the day of disqualification as a "black day for Indian democracy" The conviction and disqualification prompted opposition leaders to take an unified stand; 14 major opposition parties jointly moved to the The opposition parties include the International reactions [ ] The Democrat co-chair of the India Caucus in the Germany's Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that Berlin had "taken note" of the verdict, and was watching the next steps, including his ability to appeal the verdict and whether the "suspension of his mandate" was justified. See also [ ] • References ...

By India Today Web Desk: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrived at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Delhi on Monday to appear before it in connection with the National Herald case. He was not alone. The Gandhi scion led a 'Satyagraha' march against the ED summons and party workers took to the streets in solidarity. On Monday morning, Rahul Gandhi was joined by his sister Priyanka Gandhi as they led several senior leaders and hundreds of workers to the ED office amid heavy police deployment and barricades. P Chidambaram was, however, amazed since bulldozers were missing in action. PROTESTS, DETENTION Delhi Police, who had denied permission for a Congress rally, detained several leaders, including Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and party general secretary KC Venugopal. They were taken to various police stations. At around 11 am, Rahul Gandhi arrived at the ED office, amid zindabad chants. Police lathicharged the protesters as ED began grilling the former Congress chief in a money laundering case. Senior leaders Adhir Chowdhury and Harish Rawat were dragged out from the protest site. Delhi | Congress leaders Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, KC Venugopal detained by police, taken to Tughlaq Road PS. Party's Deepender S Hooda, Ashok Gehlot also detained & taken to Fatehpur PS "Even the British could not suppress the voice of Congress during the freedom struggle, then how can this ruling government?" asked Randeep Singh Surjewala as ED grilled Rahul Gandhi. , . , , ? As many a...

BENGALURU: Close on the heels of being convicted in a defamation case, Congress leader Along with Rahul Gandhi, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) and its president DK Shivakumar (now Deputy Chief Minister), as well as Siddaramaiah, the former leader of opposition (now chief minister), have been arraigned as accused. Acting on the defamation case filed by BJP state secretary Keshavaprasad, a special court for trial of cases filed against sitting as well as former MPs/MLAs, triable by the Magistrate in Karnataka, has stated that the complainant has made out a prima facie case to take cognizance of the offences under Section 499 and 500 of IPC. In an order passed on Tuesday, Special Judge J Preeth has posted the case for the sworn statement of the complainant and any witnesses by July 27, 2023. The complainant had alleged that in the advertisement given on May 5, 2023, in all mainstream newspapers, the accused had made fanciful, baseless, foundationless, and irrational allegations against the complainant party. The complainant had further claimed that in the said fake advertisement, false and reckless allegations were made under the title "Corruption Rate card," based on the fanciful imagination of the accused. "The statements made in the newspaper publications on the first page of all the aforementioned newspapers are purely imaginary and fictitious," the complainant further stated. The advertisement in the newspapers contained reckless imputations regarding th...