New Delhi: With Delhi Police filing an FIR against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case, the Congress on Sunday alleged that the “Modi-Shah duo” is continuing with its mischievous politics of harassment, intimidation, and vendetta against the party’s top leadership.
Condemning the action, the opposition party also said the National Herald matter is a “completely bogus case” and justice will ultimately triumph.
In a post on X, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh charged, “The Modi-Shah duo is continuing with its mischievous politics of harassment, intimidation, and vendetta against the top leadership of the INC. Those who threaten are themselves insecure and afraid.”
These entities are also named as an accused (except unknown others) in the ED charge sheet filed before a Delhi court in April. The court is yet to take its cognisance with the next date of hearing scheduled for December 16.
The Congress party on Sunday (November 30, 2025) alleged that the “Modi-Shah duo” is continuing with its mischievous politics of harassment, intimidation, and vendetta against the party’s top leadership.
The Opposition party also said the National Herald matter is a “completely bogus case” and justice will ultimately triumph.
In a post on X, Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said, “The Modi-Shah duo is continuing with its mischievous politics of harassment, intimidation, and vendetta against the top leadership of the INC. Those who threaten are themselves insecure and afraid.” “The National Herald matter is a completely bogus case. Justice will ultimately triumph. Satyameva Jayate,” he said.
The ED, as per the sources, used powers available to it under section 66(2) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to get the police FIR registered. This section allows the federal agency to share evidence for registration of a criminal predicate offence by a law enforcement agency so that it can subsequently book a money laundering case to take forward the investigation.
The FIR will work to strengthen the ED case and the charge sheet which stems from a court order — Metropolitan Magistrate of Delhi — that took cognisance of a private complaint by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on June 26, 2014 against alleged irregularities in the National Herald’s affairs, the sources said.
The FIR has taken cognisance of the allegations stated by the ED in a letter sent to the EOW on September 4. The contents of the ED communication are similar to what the central agency is understood to have stated in its chargesheet.
The ED had alleged in its chargesheet that a “criminal conspiracy” was orchestrated by several prominent political figures, including the first family of the Congress party led by Sonia Gandhi, her MP son Rahul Gandhi apart from late Congress leaders Motilal Vora and Oscar Fernandes and also Dubey, Pitroda and a private company Young Indian for alleged involvement in a money laundering scheme related to the fraudulent takeover of properties valued over ₹2,000 crore belonging to the AJL.
AJL is the publisher of the National Herald news platform (newspaper and web portal) and it is owned by Young Indian Private Limited.
