As the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former party chief Rahul Gandhi for questioning in a money laundering case involving the National Herald newspaper, the Congress on Wednesday alleged that the summons reeked of “vendetta, pettiness and cheap politics”.
While Ms. Gandhi, 75, has been asked to appear before the agency on June 8, the former Congress chief has been asked to depose on Thursday. Mr. Gandhi, 51, is likely to seek time from the agency as he is out of the country and is likely to return only by June 5.
The ED summons is said to have been served on the Gandhis a few days earlier, but the Congress went public about it only on Wednesday.