NEW DELHI: Amid the political storm over the Enforcement Directorate ’s prosecution complaint against Sonia Gandhi , Rahul Gandhi and others in the National Herald case , Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said Congress is facing the consequences of a law it had once created. He also called for the ED to be scrapped altogether.
“The Congress itself made this ED law. At that time, many parties opposed it, telling Congress that you were bringing such a law that could ultimately cause trouble to you,” Yadav said at a press conference. “Any leader who was against the BJP in Maharashtra faced ED, CBI, and the income tax department.”
The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said departments like Income Tax and GST are already in place to tackle economic offences and questioned the need for a separate agency like the ED.
“In my understanding, a department like ED must be abolished. I will ask Congress to ask for the same thing. There are several institutions that look into economic offences. Having ED means that you are not even trusting your own organisations like the Income Tax department or GST,” he said.
Meanwhile, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge accused the BJP-led government of using the ED to divert attention from its failures. In a post on X, he wrote: “Your despotic Sarkar is hell-bent on targeting the Congress to whitewash its own sins. BJP's economic mismanagement is spiralling out of control. Desperation is gathering steam. No vision, no solution, only diversion!”
The ED on Tuesday filed a prosecution complaint (chargesheet) in Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court against Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Sam Pitroda, Suman Dubey and others, including several firms. The matter has been listed for arguments on cognisance on April 25.
“The Congress itself made this ED law. At that time, many parties opposed it, telling Congress that you were bringing such a law that could ultimately cause trouble to you,” Yadav said at a press conference. “Any leader who was against the BJP in Maharashtra faced ED, CBI, and the income tax department.”
The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said departments like Income Tax and GST are already in place to tackle economic offences and questioned the need for a separate agency like the ED.
“In my understanding, a department like ED must be abolished. I will ask Congress to ask for the same thing. There are several institutions that look into economic offences. Having ED means that you are not even trusting your own organisations like the Income Tax department or GST,” he said.
Meanwhile, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge accused the BJP-led government of using the ED to divert attention from its failures. In a post on X, he wrote: “Your despotic Sarkar is hell-bent on targeting the Congress to whitewash its own sins. BJP's economic mismanagement is spiralling out of control. Desperation is gathering steam. No vision, no solution, only diversion!”
The ED on Tuesday filed a prosecution complaint (chargesheet) in Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court against Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Sam Pitroda, Suman Dubey and others, including several firms. The matter has been listed for arguments on cognisance on April 25.
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