Jammu, June 15 – The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee today strongly condemned the continued harassment of Shri Rahul Gandhi by the ED and the police action on the top leadership at the Congress HQ 24 Akbar Road New Delhi which is totally dictatorial, authoritarian, and political vendetta of the Modi Govt. and said that the entire rank and file of the party shall fight democratically against such undemocratic actions of the BJP Govt.
Terming the events as most unfortunate in the democratic history of the nation, as the HQ of the oldest premier party in Delhi has been turned into a police cantonment and seized, top leadership injured, detained including sitting Chief Ministers, AICC General Secretaries, MPs which is not only illegal but most unjustified.
Addressing a Press Conference at party HQ by JKPCC Chief Spokesperson Ravinder Sharma along with Senior leadership of JKPCC including Working President Raman Bhalla, General Secretaries PCC Th. Balwan Singh and Yogesh Sawhney, Shri Ved Mahajan, PYC President Uday Chib, Secretary Pawan Raina, Chairman SC Dept. Karan Bhagat, Chairman OBC Suresh Dogra, Spokespersons Kapil Singh & Sahil Sharma, Dwarka Choudhary, Seva Dal Chief Vijay Sharma, Vandana Sharma said that it is a case of clear vendetta of Modi Govt against Congress leadership and no illegality has been done by the Congress, rather it has discharged its duty to clear the old liabilities of the National Herald newspaper, including around 67 crores as pending wages of journalists and others employees of the newspaper and rest as dues of the various offices of NH paper including electricity tariff etc. Is it crime to pay the pending dues and liabilities, since newspaper was in loss since decades but it was established by Pt. Jawahar Lal |Nehru in 1938 to fight the battle of freedom against British Raj, when newspapers were not allowed to carry anti-Govt news and Congress activities.
J&K Congress Committee Strongly Condemn The Continue Harassment Of Rahul Gandhi By The ED
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We strongly condemn the attitude of the Centre Govt. which is dictatorial, authoritarian and suppressive and we in one voice condemn the attack, assault and illegal restrictions on senior Congress Leaders and workers at AICC 24 Akbar Road and outside and elsewhere in different states. Modi Govt. has been indulging in undeclared emergency in the Country especially against Congress party, said JKPCC leaders.
Sharma explained that (INC) Congress gave a loan of Rs. 90 Crore to the National Herald from 2002 to 2011, to get it out of financial crisis. This loan was paid in around 100 installments not one go. Out of this 67 crores was paid as pending wages of journalists and other liabilities of the newspaper, rest Govt. dues of power, water etc.
The National Herald was not in a position to repay such huge loan, so the entire loan was converted to equity. Since political parties cannot take equity in any company, so Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and other senior Congress leaders became trustees in “Young India not for profit Trust “ and 99 % shares were transferred to this trust.
Since “Young India Trust” was a “not-for-profit trust” none of those managing its affairs, cannot take any benefit or profit out of it. Neither they can be owner of any property of National Herald. No one has earned/taken any pecuniary benefit nor can take any such benefit. Then where is scam/illegality or crime, they questioned.
Congress shown the entire transaction in its balance sheets and it is duly audited. This entire process is in accordance with settled norms of laws of the land and there is no illegality. Modi Govt wants to harass and malign Congress leadership through ED, they said.
This newspaper is our heritage and symbol of freedom struggle. Pt Nehru had once told that he would not close down the news paper even though it is in loss, but shall pay its losses after selling his house “Anand Bhawan”.
Modi Govt. is indulging in which hunting and using Central Investigating agencies to harass opposition leaders especially Congress party and Gandhi family but entire rank and file of the party is solidly behind Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.