Delhi High Court has summoned Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi Vice President based on accusition from Subramanian Swamy of BJP. Swamy has made allegations of Congress giving unsecured loan to Sonia-owned Young Indian Ltd to acquire National Herald’s holding company Associated Journals. Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi will plead for Sonia and Rahul. They are summoned on August 7 along with Moti Lal Vohra, Oscar Fernandes, Suman Dubey and Sam Pitroda. Charges are framed under sections IPC 406, 420 and 120B.
Swamy had accused Sonia and Rahul Gandhi and others of conspiring to cheat and misappropriate funds by just paying Rs 50 lakh by which YI obtained the right to recover Rs 90.25 crore which the AJL had owed to the Congress party. He alleged that in the present scenario over Rs 2,000 crore worth of assets also got transferred to YI, whose 76 per cent of shareholding vests with Sonia and Rahul Gandhi and the remaining shareholding of 24 per cent vests with the other accused.
