Sonia And Rahul Gandhi Summoned By Enforcement Directorate For Questioning

Ms Gandhi will appear on the said date if required but the party will write to the probe agency seeking some accommodation for Rahul Gandhi.

The Enforcement Directorate today summoned Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her MP son Rahul Gandhi to appear before it on June 8 regarding a money laundering case relating to the National Herald newspaper. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are determined to honour the ED summons and not delay or seek an adjournment, sources said. "It's a political, social, economic, and legal battle," the party has asserted.

Congress MP and senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi at a press conference said there is no evidence of money laundering or of any money exchange. The party has accused the Centre of political vendetta and misusing central probe agencies to target the opposition with an eye on assembly elections.

The agency, officials said, wants to record their statements under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The party has pointed out that there was no money exchange, and only conversion of debt into equity to pay off dues like salaries etc.