Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi is at the center of a major controversy after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a charge sheet in the National Herald case, alleging financial misconduct. As per the charge sheet filed in a Delhi court, the ED has accused Sonia Gandhi of personally benefiting by ₹142 crore through alleged illegal financial transactions. Her son, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, is said to have gained ₹92 crore.
The ED claims that the funds were linked to assets acquired through questionable means involving Associated Journals Ltd. (AJL), the former publisher of the now-defunct National Herald newspaper. The agency alleges that Young Indian, a company controlled by the Gandhi family, acquired AJL’s assets for a nominal sum of ₹50 lakh and subsequently earned over ₹90 crore.
According to the ED, these assets primarily involved high-value real estate originally held in trust by the National Herald group. The agency further alleges that the profits from these holdings were diverted for political purposes, in violation of money laundering regulations.
Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and senior Congress leaders Sam Pitroda and Suman Dubey are named as co-conspirators in what the ED has described as a misuse of public and trust assets. The agency has urged the court to recover the full amount along with 14 percent interest, calling the case a serious breach of law.
This marks the first time Sonia and Rahul Gandhi have been formally named in an ED charge sheet in connection with this case. The development is likely to have significant legal and political ramifications in the days to come.
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