Money Laundering
Congress cries political vendetta after ED names Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in money laundering case
New Delhi/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday named Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the chargesheet filed in a money laundering case over the purchase of a land in Haryana, media reports said.
The central probe agency tasked with probing financial irregularities has alleged Priyanka bought five acres of land in Haryana from HL Pahwa, a Delhi-based real estate agent, in 2006.
Priyanka, who belongs to the top rank of the Congress leadership, allegedly sold the land back to Pahwa in 2010.
Priyanka's husband Robert Vadra bought 40 acres of land from Pahwa and sold it back to him later, ED claims.
The naming of Priyanka in the chargesheet has prompted Congress to cry political vendetta against the country's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Responding to the development, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said told ANI, "Look at what they (BJP) will do ahead of the elections. It's just the beginning.
"They are not doing it for the first time. They hatch such conspiracies ahead of elections. Let them do it."
"No one is afraid of going to jail. We will face this. We know the law of the land. But they can't use these institutions to threaten us.
"We are fighting to save democracy and India," Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar told ANI, hitting out at the BJP.
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