A day after Swamy alleged that Rahul and Sonia Gandhi were behind the Congress giving a loan to Associated Journals in violation of tax and election laws, the Congress party asked him to sue the Gandhis contending that the onus to prove the allegations lay with those who make them.
"If Swamy has the guts, he should sue Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. It is for those who make allegations to prove the charges. If there is a violation, let them take it to court," Congress spokesperson P C Chacko told reporters at the AICC briefing.
Neither Chacko nor any of the Congress leaders, including Oscar Fernandes, one of the five shareholders in Young Indian, which bought the shares of Associated Journals, and the new I and B Minister Manish Tewari chose to go into the merits of Swamy's allegations.
They all maintained that it was not worth replying to and Rahul Gandhi had given a suitable reply last night in the form of a legal notice to Swamy, including a threat to sue him.
Rahul had threatened to pursue "all legal actions" against Swamy dubbing his allegations as "utterly false, entirely baseless and defamatory". (more)