New Delhi, July 5: Senior advocate R S Cheema, representing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, today argued that the Congress did not try to sell the assets of Associated Journals Limited (AJL) but was trying to save the organisation which was part of the freedom movement. Cheema, in his arguments before Special Judge Vishal Gogne, rejected the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) allegations.
The federal agency has charged Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, late Congress leaders Motilal Vora and Oscar Fernandes, as well as Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda and a private company Young Indian with conspiracy and money laundering in connection with the fraudulent acquisition of assets worth over Rs 2,000 crore belonging to Associated Journals Limited (AJL), which publishes the National Herald newspaper.