The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday rubbished Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's allegations and stressed that judiciary is not under the control of any political party.
"Judiciary is an important body of the government. It works within its limits and according to the law whether it is CrPC, IPC or any other matter. Judiciary is not under the control of any politician or political party," BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi told ANI.
"I am not able to understand the statement made by Rahul Gandhi. I would just like to advise them (Congress Party) to go to the court and participate in the discussion, like we did in Sushma Swaraj and Vasundhara Raje's cases. We are also ready to have discussion in the Parliament but the proceedings should not be disturbed," she added.
She insisted that she was unable to understand the mindset of the Congress as to why they were raising the matters related to court in the Parliament.
"If they think that the matter is related to the Parliament, then they should bring in the notice and we are ready to have a discussion," she said.
The Congress vice-president had earlier alleged 'political vendetta' behind the National Herald cheating and misappropriation case, saying 'this is the way the central government functions'.
"I absolutely see a political vendetta. I will answer them in Parliament. The Centre thinks they can stop me from asking questions about them by "vendetta" politics. That is not going to happen," Rahul said while talking to reporters after visiting flood-affected areas in Puducherry.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi have been asked to appear in a Delhi Court on December 19 in connection with this case.
The Delhi Court had yesterday dismissed their pleas, challenging the summons issued to them in this case. The summons were issued on a criminal complaint lodged by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy for alleged cheating and misappropriation of funds in acquiring ownership of now-defunct daily National Herald.
The Congress leaders own a stake as directors in YIL, registered as a charitable company, as per the complaint.
The complaint alleged corruption in the assigning of loan worth Rs. 90.25 crore owed to the Congress by Associated Journals Limited (AJL), publisher of the National Herald, to YIL for Rs. 50 lakh.
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Meanwhile, Swamy has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court to pre-empt any ex-parte order on appeals likely to be filed by the Congress chief and her son in this case.
The Congress had earlier expressed its disappointment over the summons issued to the party top brass in the National Herald case and accused the government of using the courts to run a 'vendetta' against the Nehru-Gandhi family.
