Comment of the day: @PChidambaram_IN to @IndiaToday TV: "BJP didn't stay neutral in #NH case." Er, and Cong stayed neutral in 2002 cases?
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They think they can do this type of vendetta politics & stop me from asking questions.That's not going to happen
m.youtube.com/watch?feature=…2:32 PM - 8 Dec 2015
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It is a matter for the courts, what has the Government got to do with it?-Nitin Gadkari on #NationalHerald 12:01 PM - 8 Dec 2015
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Sonia and Rahul Gandhi,India's first mother-son duo political family have to appear in court on the allegations of misappropriation, has become a cause for Congress party in creation of such a big political storm, that even have mired the chances of running of the Parliament.
Sonia and Rahul Gandhi,India's first mother-son duo political family have to appear in court on the allegations of misappropriation, has become a cause for Congress party in creation of such a big political storm, that even have mired the chances of running of the Parliament.
National Herald case, which has placed both of the Gandhis squarely in the eyes of public as the mastermind to misappropriate the property of National Herald , valued at 5000 crores by few analysts. The brief facts (as Expressed by media) of the case are as follows :
The National Herald was a newspaper that India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru helped set in pre-Independence India in the year 1938. It was part of a company called Associated Journals Limited, which was funded by the Congress. An article in Mint quotes a biographer of Nehru as saying that he found himself being unable to make an impact on the 'reactionary tendencies' in the Congress, after which the National Herald was started. However, as the article pointed out, it faced financial difficulties throughout its existence. The newspaper officially closed down in April 2008.
As per Enforcement Directorate (ED), a private non-profit company 'Young Indian' was formed in March 2011, with Sonia and Rahul holding 38 percent of the shares each, allegedly with the specific aim of taking over the liabilities of AJL.
In 2012, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy filed a complaint before a court. Swamy accused Congress leaders of being involved in cheating through the acquisition of AJL by Young Indian Pvt Ltd. He alleged that YIL paid merely Rs 50 lakh to recover an amount of Rs 90.25 crore that AJL owed to the Congress.
The case has seen several twists and turns in the recent past. In August, reports had suggested that the ED had decided to close the case, citing lack of substantive evidence against Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. However, ED director Rajan S Katoch was removed from service after the reports to that effect surfaced. In September, the ED decided to reopen the case.The Delhi High Court has now rejected the plea filed by the Gandhis challenging the summons, which means that they will have to appear before the court unless the order is set aside. As of now, a Delhi court has asked them to appear on 19 December and exempted them from personal appearances on 8 December.
INDIA HONEST laughs out at RaGa's insistence that "why he is not allowed to question from the "Well of House" ? While his party members remain shouting slogans and creating noise but still RaGa threatened that he cannot be silenced. Yes dear Papoo, you have every right and liberty to ask questions even from the well of house, but the court will not give you such liberty, there you will have only choice to REPLY to the questions of the prosecutor's attorney, and it will be difficult when that questioner is Subramanian Swamy and the glaring eyes and ears of the sitting Judge.
Minhaz Merchant : By blocking LS/RS over #NH court judgement @OfficeOfRG & Sonia put personal interest above national interest. Will prove electorally costly.