Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Monday accused Congress’ workers of vandalising government property while protesting against the Enforcement Directorate naming Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi as accused in the National Herald case.
“This is a long-pending issue. ED is doing its work, we have not made ED, during Congress’ time, it was made. Now, Congress’s people are going into ED offices, and things such as signboards or government property are being damaged. Congress workers, in the name of protest, are vandalising public property. If they want to say something, they should do so on the right platform,” Meghwal said during the press conference in Udaipur.
His remarks come amidst the Congress party announcing nationwide press conferences to counter the ED chargesheet against their party’s leaders.
The Union Minister, while calling the protests a “pressure tactic,” said that one should go to court if they do not agree with the process being followed.
“The investigation by ED or CBI, there is a platform for it, and they can go to court. What is this pressure technique that we are even bigger than the law? Does law not apply to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi?” he said.
On April 15, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a prosecution complaint (chargesheet) against top Congress members Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in connection with the money laundering case involving the National Herald.
Since then, Congress has launched nationwide protests against the Directorate, with top party officials accusing the Bharatiya Janta Party of misusing the agency.
The party will hold a series of press conferences across 57 cities from April 21 to 27 in protest against the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) chargesheet.
The campaign, titled “Congress Truths, BJP Lies” is aimed at countering what the party alleges is a politically motivated move by the BJP government. Pawan Khera, Chairman, Media & Publicity Department, AICC, called the ED’s chargesheet “an anti-national effort” by the BJP to erase the legacy of The National Herald, which he described as a living monument of India’s freedom struggle.
