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National Herald case: Enforcement Director­ate summons Sonia, Rahul

Agency probing 'illegal' benefits of Rs 414 crore obtained by the Gandhi family

Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi
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As Rahul is out of the country, the party said he cannot appear before ED on June 2 when he has been summoned. Sonia will appear on June 8.

Shrimi ChoudharyAditi Phadnis New Delhi
At the Udaipur Nav Sankalp consultation of the Congress recently, when Rahul Gandhi declar­ed: “I have not taken one rupee from Mother India, I am afraid of nothing, and I will fight ba­ck,” loud cheers greeted him. It seems, he had some inkling of the developments to come.

The Enforcement Director­ate (ED) on Wednesday issued summons to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, in connection with a money laundering probe. It was for alleged irregularities in party-promoted Young Indian, which owns the National Herald newspaper.

Sources said that the federal agency is probing ‘illegal benefit’ of Rs 414 crore

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