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Sonia Gandhi to appear before ED for 2nd round of questioning today
ED on July 22 had issued fresh summons to Congress president to join the probe in the National Herald case on July 26. Full story on Dynamite News:
New Delhi: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi is likely to depose before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Tuesday for her second round of questioning in the money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper.
ED on July 22 had issued fresh summons to Congress president to join the probe in the National Herald case on July 26. Initially, she was summoned by the probe agency on Monday but it was deferred by a day.
On July 21, the Enforcement Directorate had questioned the Congress chief and the questioning went on for nearly two hours. Sonia Gandhi's daughter and party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had accompanied her to the ED office. According to sources, Sonia Gandhi was asked over two dozen questions "after which she asked to go home for her medication”.
ED kept two doctors and an ambulance on standby as a humanitarian gesture on July 21, agency sources said. The central agency also allowed Sonia Gandhi's daughter and party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at its office. (with Agency inputs)