ED Should Have Gone To Her Residence: Yashwant Sinha On Sonia Gandhi’s Questioning

The Congress party is set to protest in solidarity with Ms. Gandhi, informed senior party leader, Jairam Ramesh.

New Delhi: Oppositions President candidate Yashwant Sinha, on Thursday said the Enforcement Directorate officers should have gone to Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi’s residence if they wanted to question her.

“I strongly condemn the attitude of ED to humiliate political leaders. The officers of ED shd have gone to her residence even if they had questions to ask of Sonia Gandhi.”Mr. Sinha tweeted.

Mr. Sinha was referring to Congress’s interim president’s appearance before the probe agency today.

I strongly condemn the attitude of ED to humiliate political leaders. The officers of ED shd have gone to her residence even if they had questions to ask of Sonia Gandhi.

— Yashwant Sinha (@YashwantSinha) July 21, 2022

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi will appear before the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday in connection with a money laundering case (National Herald).

Mrs. Gandhi’s questioning was postponed earlier after she had tested positive for covid and had to be hospitalized, After getting discharged from the hospital in mid-June, she had sought more time to appear before the probe agency.

The Congress party is set to protest in solidarity with Ms. Gandhi, informed senior party leader, Jairam Ramesh.

“Tomorrow as the political vendetta unleashed by the Modi-Shah duo against our top leadership continues, the entire Congress party across the country will demonstrate its collective solidarity with Smt. Sonia Gandhi in a most telling manner,” the tweet read.

Meanwhile, The counting of votes for the Presidential elections started at 11 am at Parliament House in the national capital and is likely to conclude by 4.

NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu is currently leading in the race for the top constitutional post.

If elected Ms. Murumu will be the first tribal woman to be the President Of India.