Congress leaders, including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday objected to BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s demand for production of documents in the National Herald case. Submitting a 12 page response, Congress leaders said Swamy is trying to delay the process with a hidden agenda to hoist multiple cases.
Meanwhile, Swamy took a strategic step by producing photocopies of 24 documents linking the Rs 90 crore money trail from Congress to the newspaper publishing company Associated Journal limited (AJl). Swamy’s demand was to verify these copies of these documents with the accused persons under Section 294 of CrPC.
Advocates RS Cheema, Ramesh Gupta and Rebecca John representing the Congress leaders sought time to reply for this new petition producing documents. Hearing the brief arguments, Metropolitan Magistrate lovleen posted the case for September 23.
Swamy produced 24 crucial documents of Congress, AJl and Sonia and Rahul controlled Young Indian linking the illegal Rs 90 crore routing from the party to capture the assets of AJl. He also produced the old land lease allotments to AJl in Bihar, Delhi and Haryana by the central and state government for newspaper publishing.
The 12 page reply by the Congress leaders said, Swamy’s demands are “yet another ploy to delay the proceedings in the case and not move forward according to the procedure laid by the law.”
Congress leaders said Swamy has “ulterior motives behind to move multiple applications seeking documents.” Citing out Swamy’s “delaying tactics” by filing multiple petitions, the Congress leaders pointed out that he delayed the process by inking with other cases related to CBI FIR against former Haryana Chief Minister BS Hooda and later withdrawing the petition.
Asking the Court to reject Swamy’s demand for documents, the Congress leaders reiterated that Swamy’s fishing expedition by seeking many documents with ulterior motives.