Chandigarh: Led by former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and state Congress president Udai Bhan, a number of party workers held a protest against ED chargesheet on the senior party leader Sonia Gandhi and Lok Sabha leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi.
Other leaders who also led the protest, staged in Sector 9, here, included party co-incharge Jitendra Baghel, working presidents, Jitendra Bhardwaj, Suresh Gupta, Ramkishan Gujjar, MPs Deepender Hooda and several current and former MLAs.
VIDEO | National Herald case: Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda (@BhupinderShooda) says, "This has been turned into a money laundering case and the charge sheet was presented after 10 years. This is about the Young India Trust. This is a political vendetta against our… pic.twitter.com/W73mZpPcEf
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 17, 2025
भाजपा सरकार राजनीतिक प्रतिशोध की भावना से विपक्षी दलों के नेताओं के खिलाफ कार्रवाई कर रही है। श्रीमती सोनिया गांधी जी और लोकसभा में विपक्ष के नेता @RahulGandhi जी के खिलाफ कार्रवाई राजनीति से प्रेरित और मनगढ़ंत है। ED का इस्तेमाल करके नेशनल हेराल्ड मामले में आरोपपत्र दाखिल करना… pic.twitter.com/O9srfPTvNP
— Bhupinder Singh Hooda (@BhupinderShooda) April 17, 2025
The Chandigarh police which stopped the protesters by blocking their movement and by erecting barricades, detained them and were later released.
Speaking on the occasion, Hooda said that the action being taken against the Congress leadership is condemnable and unfortunate. ``The National Herald case has been converted into a money laundering case and a chargesheet has been presented after 10 years, whereas this is a no-profit-no-loss trust. This is a political vendetta against our top leaders’’, he held.
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