Rahul Gandhi
The argument of the lawyer of Rahul Gandhi has been fulfilled in the Rouse Avenue Court of Delhi. In the hearing, senior advocate RS Cheema, appearing for Rahul Gandhi, said that the Congress did not try to sell Associated Journal Limited but wanted to save this institution, because it was part of the freedom movement. After listening to the argument, the court of special judge Vishal Gogne has fixed the date of July 7 for the next hearing of the case.
Advocate RS Cheema said that there is nothing in Indian law that shows that the share holders have any interest in the property of the company, it is all a lie that AJL got it, it was found, no amount has been mentioned anywhere. He said that AJL has emerged from the national movement. He is part of the national heritage. AJL was never made a profitable organization.
What else did the lawyer argue in court?
Rahul Gandhi’s lawyer said that the Congress has to decide what the priorities of AJL will be. Not the Enforcement Directorate will decide the priorities. The lawyer also argued that the ED waited for the death of Motilal Vora to accuse us. After the death of Motilal Vora in 2020, we were accused of how ruthless you are. You are blaming the person who is dead earlier. Vora ji was interrogated intense.
‘Congress party was not seeing benefits in sales’
He said that we were trying to re -activate an organization which is part of the legacy of the freedom movement. The problem was not the recovery of the loan given to AJL, the problem was to re -activate it, to ensure that they returned to track again. The Congress party was not seeing benefits in sales.
The Enforcement Directorate in the National Herald case alleges that the Gandhi family had a 76 per cent stake in Young Indian, which cheated AJL’s assets in exchange for a loan of Rs 90 crore. The ED filed a charge sheet against the Gandhi family and others under Section 3 (Money Laundering) and 4 (punished for money laundering) of the Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The investigating agency has also named Dubey, Pitroda, Sunil Bhandari, Young Indian and Dotex Merchandise Private Limited in their charge sheet.
Sonia Gandhi’s lawyer fulfilled arguments on Friday
Earlier on Friday, senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Sonia Gandhi, fulfilled his arguments. Earlier, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the ED, had argued in front of the court that the Gandhi family is the owner of this Indian and after the death of other shareholders, he gained complete control over it.
