The Congress on Tuesday slammed the BJP-led NDA government after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a chargesheet against its top leaders- Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in connection with the National Herald case, calling it vendetta politics and intimidation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.

The party also said it will not be silenced.

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Congress general secretary in-charge of Communications Jairam Ramesh asserted that seizing the assets of the National Herald is a state-sponsored crime masquerading as the rule of law.

Attacking the Prime Minister and Home Minister, he wrote on X, “Filing chargesheet against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and some others is nothing but the politics of vendetta and intimidation by the Prime Minister and the Home Minister gone completely berserk.”

“The INC and its leadership will not be silenced. Satyameva Jayate,” added Ramesh.

Echoing similar sentiments, senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said, “A chargesheet has been filed in a fake and non-existent case. This will be contested fully in all aspects. The government by such a matter is exposing itself and its campaign of political vendetta. There is absolutely nothing in this case.”

Congress MP Manickam Tagore said the National Herald case chargesheet is a clear case of political vendetta.

“The organisation called the National Herald is the pride part of the Congress party. Our Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi ji is fighting against the misrule of Modi and Shah. Because of that they are trying to silence him. We will fight it,” he said.

Congress leader K C Venugopal posted on X that the party will hold protests across the country on Wednesday.