Rahul Gandhi leaving for the ED office in New Delhi, along with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Monday. SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKARSHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
Special Correspondent New Delhi
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s questioning on Monday by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper turned into a massive show of strength by party workers in multiple cities, including Delhi.
Mr. Gandhi has been summoned again on Tuesday, officials said.
On Monday, Mr. Gandhi, who entered the ED headquarters around 11.10 a.m., underwent about three hours of questioning before he was allowed a lunch break around 2.30 p.m.
After visiting his mother, Sonia Gandhi, who has been admitted to Sir Gangaram Hospital for COVID-related issues, Mr. Gandhi returned to the ED office at 3.30 p.m. for a second round of questioning. He left the ED headquarters around 11.25 p.m., after nearly eight hours of questioning in the second round.
Officials are believed to have asked Mr. Gandhi to write down his statement under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) during the first round of questioning.
Earlier, the Delhi Police clamped down on the party’s plans to take out a march from the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters to the ED office with layers of barricading and detained senior leaders, including Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Lok Sabha member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, K.C. Venugopal, Harish Rawat, Jairam Ramesh, Randeep Surjewala and Manickam Tagore.
Mr. Surjewala said former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was pushed away by the police personnel which resulted in an injury.
Mr. Chowdhury, who is the party’s leader in the Lok Sabha, formally lodged a complaint with the Tughlaq Road police station about suffering an injury because of alleged manhandling, while visuals of Mr. Venugopal being forcibly lifted by the police personnel went viral.
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