Sonia Gandhi, 75, the President of the Indian National Congress on Thursday morning. The veteran politician appeared at the Enforcement Directorate’s headquarters in central Delhi accompanied by daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Gandhi is summoned by the ED over an alleged money laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper.
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The questioning started at around 12:30 pm and lasted upto 2 hours.
Gandhi left the ED office after questioning on medical grounds as she is recovering from Covid, official sources said.
Huge protests that are going on all over the country by the Congress members in solidarity with the party chief. Many congress leaders are detained by the Delhi police in the wake of nationwide protest called by the party in support of party chief. Congress leaders include, P Chidambaram, Mallikarjun Kharge, Shashi Tharoor, Manickam Tagore, Sachin Pilot and others.
Delhi | Congress leaders P Chidambaram, Ajay Maken and others detained in the wake of nationwide protest called by the party over ED probe against Sonia Gandhi pic.twitter.com/g8xx013aMf
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Police force use water cannons to disperse Congress leaders who came out in support of party chief.
#WATCH | Chandigarh: Police use water cannons to disperse Congress workers and leaders as they protested over the questioning of the party's interim president Sonia Gandhi by the agency, in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/RZBXIc6nmT
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While, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi In Lok Sabha said in the wake of nationwide protest, “Everybody is equal before the law or not? Is the Congress president (Sonia Gandhi) a super human being? They (Congress) think they are above the law…”
"Everybody is equal before the law or not? Is the Congress president (Sonia Gandhi) a super human being? They (Congress) think they are above the law…": Union minister Pralhad Joshi in Lok Sabha
House adjourned till 1130 hours amid sloganeering by Opposition MPs pic.twitter.com/I3tAmGzEQU
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