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National Herald Case: A Delhi court will today decide whether summons should be sent to Sonia and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald money laundering case or not. In the charge sheet, ED has accused him of usurping property worth thousands of crores. If the court takes cognizance, the problems of the Gandhi family will increase.
New Delhi: Rouse Avenue Court today i.e. on 29th November is likely to give a decision which will give sleepless nights to the Congress. The matter is related to the much talked about National Herald case. The court will decide on Saturday whether summons should be sent to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi or not. The Enforcement Directorate i.e. ED has filed a charge sheet in this case. Now the court has to take cognizance of this charge sheet. ED has found in its investigation that money laundering has taken place. ED had filed the charge sheet this year in April 2025. In this, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have been made the main accused. Apart from this, the name of Indian Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda is also there. Journalists Suman Dubey and Sunil Bhandari have also been made accused. ED has also taken into custody the companies Young Indian Limited and Doctex Merchandise Private Limited. The investigating agency claims that it has enough evidence against the accused. Now the ball is in the court. It will be known on Saturday to what extent the court agrees with the ED’s evidence.
National Herald Case: Big conspiracy to grab property
- This whole matter is not just about misappropriation of money. It is alleged that this was a conspiracy to grab property worth thousands of crores.
- This controversy started in 2012. BJP leader Subramanian Swamy had filed a complaint in the court.
- He had alleged that Congress leaders had committed fraud. The parent company of National Herald newspaper was Associates Journals Limited i.e. AJL.
- AJL owned valuable land in cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Lucknow. It is alleged that a game was hatched to capture these lands.
A game worth thousands of crores for 50 lakhs
Swamy alleged that Congress had given a loan of Rs 90 crore to AJL. This loan was interest free. Later a new company named Young Indian was formed. Sonia and Rahul Gandhi had 76 percent stake in this company. It is alleged that AJL’s loan of Rs 90 crore was transferred to Young Indian by paying only Rs 50 lakh. In return, Young Indian got 99 percent shares of AJL. In this way the Gandhi family got control over the assets worth thousands of crores of AJL. ED says that this is a classic case of money laundering.
If the court issues summons then Congress can take to the streets. The party has always called it an act of political vendetta. Congress says that the government is misusing the agencies. Whereas BJP says that this is a fight against corruption. Law is equal for everyone. The Gandhi family had to seek bail in this case earlier also. Now after the filing of the charge sheet, the matter has become more serious. If summons is issued, the accused will have to apply for regular bail. The court can also send them to jail.
