The BJP on Thursday launched a no-holds-barred attack against the Congress and accused it of going “against the law”, trying to spread "anarchy" and "abusing and intimidating" the Enforcement Directorate (ED)
The BJP also alleged that Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul want to blame the late Congress leader Motilal Vora in the National Herald case whereas they are the majority share-holders in the Young India Ltd, the company in the eye of the storm.
As BJP spokesman Sambit Patra acused Sonia and Rahul of seeing themselves being above the law and seeking them to “follow the law”, anther spokesman Gaurav Bhatia addressing a separate press conference sought to know whether "Sonia and Rahul should state whether they have faith in the high court and the apex court."
Bhatia said Sonia and Rahul are majority share holders - 76 percent- in Young India, a company floated to take-over Associated Journal Limited (which owns National Herald) and by this fact the decisions must be taken by them and not the late Vora (who is also an accused) and therefore they were accountable for irregularities in the transactions.
Young Indian allegedly acquired the assets of the National Herald, a publication linked to the Congress, a deal now being probed by the ED under money-laundering charges.
"Rahul Gandhi did not spend a penny but got the controlling stake of Rs 2,000 cr assets. How did this happen? He should answer," the BJP leader said.
"They will first engage in looting and then try to spread anarchy in the country. Congress leaders are abusing and threatening the investigation agency. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul should know that they are not above law. The country is governed by the Constitution," Bhatia said. The BJP's counter-attack came after former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said he is "not afraid of Narendra Modi" and will not be "intimidated" by the Enforcement Directorate.