Sonia, Rahul get bail in Herald case

Expressing solidarity with Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, Pradesh Congress Committee leaders castigated BJP and its leadership for launching a vicious campaign against the Congress Party aiming to tarnish the image of its leadership, which is highly condemnable and intolerable.

The court fixed February 20, 2016 at 2 pm for the next hearing. Calling Swamy a “mask” for the Prime Minister, he said the BJP functionary has been awarded with a bungalow for dragging Congress leadership to court even though he was not a Parliamentarian or government official. However, the court said, “The accused are reputed persons having deep political roots and there is no apprehension that they will flee.”.

“They may say what they like but the fact is that the whole nation has seen the papers and reality”.

All were asked to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and a surety of like amount, respectively.

Congress leaders burnt an effigy of the BJP in front of Telugu Thalli statue in Kurnool on Saturday, after staging a rally from the DCC office, accusing the ruling party leaders of being vindictive towards the Congress top brass.

Union Environment Minister and senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar on Saturday said the local court has granted bail, not medal, to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi, and he failed to understand why the Congress was in a celebratory mood. They preferred to get off from their vehicles on the C-Hexagon road that encircles India Gate in New Delhi, and walked a few paces into the court premises.

Sonia’s son-in-law Robert Vadra also took to social media to support her and his brother-in-law Rahul.

“No one among us is going to be afraid”.

“They are targeting us and making full use of the state agencies”.

While the party had summoned all 45 Lok Sabha and 67 Rajya Sabha MPs, former MPs, state leaders, party veterans, and former chief ministers Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Ashok Gehlot were also present. Our fight against them will continue.

He said the allegation is not just against the Congress but it is against the whole country.

The leaders, along with three others, Motilal Vora, Oscar Fernandes and Suman Dubey, appeared at the Patiala House court. “We will keep fighting for the poor and as an Opposition party, not move back an inch”.

“We will fight this legal battle in accordance with law and we will fight the political battle both inside Parliament and outside it”, he further added.