In its chargesheet, the central firm alleged that Young Indian Limited acquired portions in lakhs from a variety of Congress leaders. The agency is now being probed for performing as a cover-up for the financial irregularities,
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In one different most important revelation involving Congress’s #Sonia Gandhi and #Rahul Gandhi inside the National Herald case, the #Enforcement Directorate has claimed senior get collectively leaders had been requested to donate hefty portions to a corporation linked to the two senior leaders.
In its chargesheet, the central firm alleged that Young Indian Limited acquired portions in lakhs from a variety of Congress leaders. The agency is now being probed for performing as a cover-up for the financial irregularities,
In its chargesheet, the #Enforcement Directorate (ED) has alleged that #Rahul Gandhi and #Sonia Gandhi had been direct beneficiaries of funds transferred to Young Indian Limited beneath the pretext of donations.
Assets value Rs 2,000 crore acquired in merely Rs 50 lakh
The ED claims that Young Indian Limited acquired belongings valued at Rs 2,000 crore from Associated Journals Ltd, the author of the National Herald newspaper, for lower than Rs 50 lakh. This transaction has raised essential points about potential misappropriation and money laundering.
A substantial portion of these controversial transactions reportedly originated in #Telangana. Acting on the alleged instructions of then MLA and current Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, 4 Congress leaders donated over Rs 80 lakh to Young Indian in 2022.
Congress leaders who donated
Among the donors, Gali Anil Kumar, a candidate inside the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, is claimed to have contributed Rs 20 lakh in June 2022. Former MLA Ali Shabbir moreover donated Rs 20 lakh, whereas then #Telangana Congress Treasurer P Sudarshan gave Rs 15 lakh. The highest single donation, Rs 25 lakh, reportedly received right here from the then Working President of the #Telangana Congress. All these contributions had been made inside one month.
The ED’s probe has moreover uncovered comparable donation patterns in Karnataka and Punjab. According to sources, veteran Congress chief Pawan Bansal allegedly directed Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar and his brother, MP DK Suresh, to each donate Rs 25 lakh in April 2022. That comparable month, a perception associated to Shivakumar, the National Education Trust, contributed an enormous Rs 2 crore to Young Indian.
In Punjab, Amit Vij, a former Assembly election candidate, is reported to have donated Rs 3.30 crore all through three tranches in 2015.
The ED suspects that these donations weren’t voluntary nevertheless part of a coordinated scheme to channel funds into Young Indian. The firm is now analyzing whether or not or not these transactions breached the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
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