NEW DELHI, July 21: The Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been summoned again for second round of questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on July 25 in the money-laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper. She was questioned for over three hours on Thursday.
Reports indicated that the questioning of the 75-year-old ended at Gandhi’s request, but Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh and P Chidambaram claimed that the ED told the party chief that they had no further questions and she could leave. Gandhi in turn said she would be willing to respond to any other questions they might have and was ready to stay on till 8 pm or 9 pm if necessary, Ramesh posted on Twitter. She also said she was a Covid patient and needed to take her medicines so she should be informed about what time she should appear next.
According to Ramesh, the ED said it had nothing to ask of her either Thursday or Friday. After which Gandhi said she was willing to appear on Monday, Ramesh added. An ED official said she was initially summoned again on July 26 but this was advanced to July 25 at her insistence.
(Manas Dasgupta)
