What is the herald case

Sonia Gandhi is set to appear at the ED office for questioning in the National Herald case. The Congress is carrying out a series of planned protests through the day across states while the party has slammed vendetta politics by the BJP. Her son and Congress leader But what is the National Herald case? News18 explains: When Was the Case Filed? BJP leader Subramanian Swamy filed the case against the Gandhis in 2012, accusing them of misusing party funds to purchase a company that published the National Herald newspaper. On November 1, 2012, Swamy filed a private complaint in a Delhi court, alleging that Sonia and Rahul Gandhi committed fraud and land grabbing worth thousands of crores. In his complaint, he claimed that the Gandhis “fraudulently acquired properties of Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) in Delhi, UP, and other places worth Rs 1,600 crore" through the private company Young Indian, which they owned. A Long Genesis But the Enforcement Directorate summons to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, the top leadership of the Congress, in a money-laundering probe linked to the over a decade-old National Herald case, seems a culmination of a complex and intricate case of company law and shares transfer. The genesis of the controversy lies in the acquisition of shares of the Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) on January 26, 2011. The AJL was incorporated as a public limited company on November 20, 1937 under the Indian Companies Act, 1913, for the purpose of publication of newspapers in...

Congress workers were detained on June 13 ahead of their march to protest the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons to party's interim president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald newspaper case The probe agency had earlier this month issued fresh summons to record the two Congress leaders’ statements under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the case, the officials said. Read: Congress says govt scared of Rahul Gandhi, 'undeclared emergency' in Delhi Both leaders were supposed to appear before the agency on June 13 but Sonia Gandhi asked for more time on account of COVID-19 and now she has been asked to appear on June 23. Rahul, however, is appearing before ED today. Congress workers stage protest holding placards in support of party leader Rahul Gandhi ahead of his appearance before ED today in the National Herald case. Visuals from outside AICC headquarters, Delhi pic.twitter.com/jJrzCsRzYx — ANI (@ANI) June 13, 2022 On June 12, the Congress announced a protest march on Jun 13 to ED office but Delhi Police refused the permission citing the "communal and law and order situation" and VVIP movements. "No one can oppress us, neither could the English nor can these new oppressors. We will march till the ED's office, we will choose Gandhi's path, we will fight for the rights of the poor. The Congress is the voice of the common man for 136 years," Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said in a press conference on Ju...

“Yet the past is ever with us and all that we are and that we have comes from the past. We are its products and we live immersed in it” ― Jawaharlal Nehru, The Discovery of India What is the Perhaps it was this thought, that pushed our first prime minister Jawahar Lal Nehru to launch the Associated Journals ten years before India attained freedom at midnight. A year later, the Associated Journals, which was a public limited company, published National Herald newspaper for the first time. From chronicling India’s independence movement to facing accusations of being a Congress mouthpiece, the publication shut shop in 2008 when the United Progressive Alliance was in power. Two years later, the Congress in a bid to revive the defunct newspaper formed a not-for-profit company, called the Young India Ltd with UPA chief Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi owning the majority share. The ostensible reason for setting up the new public company being the revival of the National Herald, the Congress argued that the resurrection was needed as the publication had played a significant role in the freedom movement. WATCH | So how did the Congress plan the revival of National Herald and why are the probe agencies calling it a scam. Over a period of time, the grand old party had loaned Rupees 90 crore to the Associated Journals—just for a recap the entity Nehru founded to launch National Herald and Qaumi Awaz. After its creation in 2010, the Congress transferred this loan to Young India L...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, today, appeared before theEnforcement Directorate (ED) in New Delhi for questioning in the National Herald money laundering case. RahulGandhi marched to the ED office in the national capital, accompanied by hundreds of party members. The investigating agency had summoned Rahul Gandhi and his mother, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, to explain allegations of money laundering in the The Enforcement Directorate will record Rahul Gandhi's statement under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Rahul Gandhi is the Lok Sabha member from Wayanad in Kerala.The probe is related to alleged financial irregularities in the Young Indian Pvt Limited owned National Herald newspaper. What is the National Herald case? India's first Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru started the National Herald newspaper in 1938. The newspaper was published by Associated Journals Limited (AJL) which was founded in 1937 with 5,000 other freedom fighters as its shareholders. The company did not belong to any one person. In 2010, the Associated Journals Limitedhad 1,057 shareholders. It incurred losses, and its holdings were transferred to Young Indian Pvt Ltd (YIL) in 2011, with Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi on the board of directors. In 2012, BJP leader and advocate Subramanian Swamy filed a complaint before a trial court alleging that some Congress leaders were involved in cheating and breach of trust in the acquisition of Associated Journals Ltd by ...

Congress workers were detained on June 13 ahead of their march to protest the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons to party's interim president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald newspaper case The probe agency had earlier this month issued fresh summons to record the two Congress leaders’ statements under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the case, the officials said. Read: Congress says govt scared of Rahul Gandhi, 'undeclared emergency' in Delhi Both leaders were supposed to appear before the agency on June 13 but Sonia Gandhi asked for more time on account of COVID-19 and now she has been asked to appear on June 23. Rahul, however, is appearing before ED today. Congress workers stage protest holding placards in support of party leader Rahul Gandhi ahead of his appearance before ED today in the National Herald case. Visuals from outside AICC headquarters, Delhi pic.twitter.com/jJrzCsRzYx — ANI (@ANI) June 13, 2022 On June 12, the Congress announced a protest march on Jun 13 to ED office but Delhi Police refused the permission citing the "communal and law and order situation" and VVIP movements. "No one can oppress us, neither could the English nor can these new oppressors. We will march till the ED's office, we will choose Gandhi's path, we will fight for the rights of the poor. The Congress is the voice of the common man for 136 years," Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said in a press conference on Ju...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, today, appeared before theEnforcement Directorate (ED) in New Delhi for questioning in the National Herald money laundering case. RahulGandhi marched to the ED office in the national capital, accompanied by hundreds of party members. The investigating agency had summoned Rahul Gandhi and his mother, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, to explain allegations of money laundering in the The Enforcement Directorate will record Rahul Gandhi's statement under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Rahul Gandhi is the Lok Sabha member from Wayanad in Kerala.The probe is related to alleged financial irregularities in the Young Indian Pvt Limited owned National Herald newspaper. What is the National Herald case? India's first Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru started the National Herald newspaper in 1938. The newspaper was published by Associated Journals Limited (AJL) which was founded in 1937 with 5,000 other freedom fighters as its shareholders. The company did not belong to any one person. In 2010, the Associated Journals Limitedhad 1,057 shareholders. It incurred losses, and its holdings were transferred to Young Indian Pvt Ltd (YIL) in 2011, with Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi on the board of directors. In 2012, BJP leader and advocate Subramanian Swamy filed a complaint before a trial court alleging that some Congress leaders were involved in cheating and breach of trust in the acquisition of Associated Journals Ltd by ...

“Yet the past is ever with us and all that we are and that we have comes from the past. We are its products and we live immersed in it” ― Jawaharlal Nehru, The Discovery of India What is the Perhaps it was this thought, that pushed our first prime minister Jawahar Lal Nehru to launch the Associated Journals ten years before India attained freedom at midnight. A year later, the Associated Journals, which was a public limited company, published National Herald newspaper for the first time. From chronicling India’s independence movement to facing accusations of being a Congress mouthpiece, the publication shut shop in 2008 when the United Progressive Alliance was in power. Two years later, the Congress in a bid to revive the defunct newspaper formed a not-for-profit company, called the Young India Ltd with UPA chief Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi owning the majority share. The ostensible reason for setting up the new public company being the revival of the National Herald, the Congress argued that the resurrection was needed as the publication had played a significant role in the freedom movement. WATCH | So how did the Congress plan the revival of National Herald and why are the probe agencies calling it a scam. Over a period of time, the grand old party had loaned Rupees 90 crore to the Associated Journals—just for a recap the entity Nehru founded to launch National Herald and Qaumi Awaz. After its creation in 2010, the Congress transferred this loan to Young India L...

Sonia Gandhi is set to appear at the ED office for questioning in the National Herald case. The Congress is carrying out a series of planned protests through the day across states while the party has slammed vendetta politics by the BJP. Her son and Congress leader But what is the National Herald case? News18 explains: When Was the Case Filed? BJP leader Subramanian Swamy filed the case against the Gandhis in 2012, accusing them of misusing party funds to purchase a company that published the National Herald newspaper. On November 1, 2012, Swamy filed a private complaint in a Delhi court, alleging that Sonia and Rahul Gandhi committed fraud and land grabbing worth thousands of crores. In his complaint, he claimed that the Gandhis “fraudulently acquired properties of Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) in Delhi, UP, and other places worth Rs 1,600 crore" through the private company Young Indian, which they owned. A Long Genesis But the Enforcement Directorate summons to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, the top leadership of the Congress, in a money-laundering probe linked to the over a decade-old National Herald case, seems a culmination of a complex and intricate case of company law and shares transfer. The genesis of the controversy lies in the acquisition of shares of the Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) on January 26, 2011. The AJL was incorporated as a public limited company on November 20, 1937 under the Indian Companies Act, 1913, for the purpose of publication of newspapers in...