The Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons to Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge is an “outright affront” to Parliament, said the Congress on Monday and added that MPs and Presiding Officers of both the Houses should ensure that it does not recur.
In a statement, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh alleged that the ED summons to Mr. Kharge, in connection with the National Herald case, during a Parliament session was done with the sole purpose of harassing the LoP and the Congress.
According to Mr. Ramesh, the LoP received an email from the ED to appear before them, to which Mr. Kharge responded by saying that since Parliament was in session, he will send an authorised person for the agency to carry out searches at the office of Young Indian that owned National Herald.
