The Grand old party plans to take out a march to the ED office on APJ Abdul Kalam Road in a show of support for the Congress scion when he appears before the agency.
New Delhi: The Congress is preparing for a major show of strength in the national capital on June 13 when party leader Rahul Gandhi will appear before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case (National Herald).
According to sources, party MPs, of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, and senior leaders have been asked to reach the party headquarters on Akbar Road Monday morning.
The Grand old party plans to take out a march to the ED office on APJ Abdul Kalam Road in a show of support for the Congress scion when he appears before the agency.
The party has convened a virtual meeting of general secretaries, in-charges of various states, and state unit presidents on Thursday evening to finalize the protest plans.
Senior party leaders said the state units should also conduct various campaigns in protest against the ED summons in connection with a money laundering case about the National Herald-AJL deal.
The Congress has termed the charges “fake and baseless” and added the summonses to Rahul Gandhi and party president Sonia Gandhi were part of the BJP’s “vendetta politics”.
The party had earlier organized a similar show of strength when the Gandhis appeared in a court after they were summoned in a related case.
The Congress on Wednesday had said its leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi would appear before the ED as they had nothing to hide from the probe agency, and that the BJP should learn lessons from it.
Sonia Gandhi was asked to appear before the ED on Wednesday, but she has sought time from the agency as she is recovering from a coronavirus infection.
The Congress president tested positive on Thursday.
Rahul Gandhi had earlier been summoned to appear before the agency on June 2 but he sought a fresh date as he was abroad at the time.
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