Modi govt’s illegality fully exposed: Congress after court relief for Gandhis in National Herald case

In a statement, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said the ED’s proceedings against Congress leadership — Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi — in the case have been found to be “completely illegal and malafide” by the court.

“The malafide and illegality of the Modi government stands fully exposed.

The court has ruled that the ED case is without jurisdiction; it has no FIR, without which there is no case.”We cannot, and will not ever be intimidated, because we fight for the truth,” she added.

Refusing to take cognisance of the federal probe agency’s money laundering charge against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, and five others in the National Herald case, the court noted that the chargesheet filed is based on a probe into a complaint by a private person and not on an FIR of a predicate offence. Its cognisance is impermissible in law, the

This politically motivated prosecution by the Modi government over the last decade of the principal opposition party stands exposed before the people of India,” she said.