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Senior Congress chief P Chidambaram on Tuesday asserted that it was not Sonia Gandhi, however the Congress that was protesting because it has the appropriate to take action when its chief is being harassed. (Picture: Twitter)
His remarks got here on a day an enormous protest was held by Congress in opposition to Sonia Gandhi’s questioning for the second time by the ED Nationwide Herald case
Senior Congress chief P Chidambaram on Tuesday asserted that it was not Sonia Gandhi, however the Congress that was protesting because it has the appropriate to take action when its chief is being “harassed”.
His remarks got here on a day Congress chief Sonia Gandhi was questioned for the second time by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a cash laundering case associated to the Nationwide Herald newspaper, main to an enormous protest by the celebration in opposition to the alleged misuse of central companies.
“The BJP asks why is the Congress protesting on the streets. Mrs Sonia Gandhi is showing earlier than the ED. She will not be protesting. It’s the Congress celebration that’s protesting. We’ve got a proper to protest when our chief is being harassed,” Chidambaram mentioned on Twitter.
The BJP asks why is the Congress protesting on the streets
Mrs Sonia Gandhi is showing earlier than the ED. She will not be protesting
It’s the Congress celebration that’s protesting. We’ve got a proper to protest when our chief is being harassed
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) July 26, 2022
“When (Narendra) Modi was questioned, the BJP put up posters throughout Gujarat and protested. We’ve got the appropriate to additionally demand how did the ED instances in opposition to quite a lot of political leaders (who subsequently joined the BJP) all of a sudden vanish in skinny air?” the previous Union house minister mentioned.
As ED officers quizzed Gandhi, 75, for six hours and requested her to look earlier than the company for the third spherical of questioning on Wednesday, Congress staff staged ‘satyagraha’ in a number of components of the nation. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and several other celebration MPs have been detained by police at Vijay Chowk within the nationwide capital. The Congress leaders have been later launched after being in detention for a number of hours.
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