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The Congress connected Wednesday (December 17, 2025) demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah's resignation aft a Delhi tribunal refused to instrumentality cognisance of the ED's wealth laundering charge against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi successful the National Herald case.
The absorption enactment besides vowed to exposure the "vendetta politics" against its leadership, asserting that the Congress cadre is agitated and is going to amusement its spot against the "misuse of agencies." "We volition support warring them some wrong and extracurricular Parliament and thatch them a lesson," enactment president Mallikarjun Kharge said astatine a property conference.
In a alleviation to Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and 5 others, a Delhi tribunal connected Tuesday refused to instrumentality cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's wealth laundering complaint against them successful the National Herald case, holding that the agency's probe stemmed from a backstage ailment and not an FIR.
"I privation to accidental that aft this judgement Modi and Shah should resign due to the fact that it is similar a slap connected their face. They should springiness resignation arsenic they should not harass radical similar this," Mr. Kharge said astatine the property conference, which helium addressed with enactment leaders K.C. Venugopal, Abhishek Singhvi, Jairam Ramesh, and Pawan Khera "They should cognize that if they bash specified things radical volition not tolerate it," helium said.
Mr. Kharge said the Congress has been warring the contented politically by taking retired marches erstwhile the apical enactment was summoned by the probe agencies.
"We person been warring connected the streets, successful Parliament, extracurricular it, and volition proceed to bash it and thatch them a lesson," helium said.
Mr. Venugopal asserted that the Congress volition exposure the "vendetta politics" of the Modi government.
The full Congress cadre is agitated and volition amusement its spot each implicit India against the "misuse of agencies." Mr. Singhvi said the instrumentality has spoken louder than noise, and termed the National Herald lawsuit a communicative of governmental vendetta and harassment.
Delivering his bid successful a lawsuit that was marked by a governmental slugfest and ineligible battles for respective years, Special Judge Vishal Gogne said the cognisance of the ED's prosecution ailment relating to the offence of wealth laundering was "impermissible successful law." The ED ailment was based connected an probe into a ailment by a backstage person, Subramanian Swamy, and not connected an FIR of a predicate offence, the justice said.
The tribunal said it has present go premature and imprudent for it to determine the submissions made by the ED arsenic good arsenic the projected accused successful narration to the merits of the allegations, particularly truthful erstwhile cognisance is liable to beryllium declined connected a axenic question of law.
"Other arguments perchance unrecorded to combat different day," it said.
ED officials said the probe bureau whitethorn record an entreaty against the court's bid aft taking opinions from instrumentality officers, including Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.
The ED has accused Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, arsenic good arsenic precocious enactment leaders Motilal Vora and Oscar Fernandes, on with Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda, and a backstage company, Young Indian, of conspiracy and wealth laundering.
It has been alleged that they acquired properties worthy astir Rs 2,000 crore belonging to Associated Journals Limited (AJL), which publishes the National Herald newspaper.
Reacting to the order, the Congress connected Tuesday claimed that the "illegality" of the Narendra Modi authorities and its "politically motivated prosecution stands afloat exposed." In a statement, the Congress said the ED's proceedings against Congress enactment -- Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi -- successful the lawsuit were recovered to beryllium "completely amerciable and mala fide" by the court.
