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New Delhi, Dec 17: The Congress on Wednesday demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah\u2019s resignation after a Delhi court refused to take cognisance of the ED\u2019s money laundering charge against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case.
\nThe opposition party also vowed to expose the \u201cvendetta politics\u201d against its leadership, asserting that the Congress cadre is agitated and is going to show its strength against the \u201cmisuse of agencies.\u201d
\n\u201cWe will keep fighting them both inside and outside Parliament and teach them a lesson,\u201d party president Mallikarjun Kharge said at a press conference.
\nIn a relief to Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and five others, a Delhi court on Tuesday refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate\u2019s money laundering charge against them in the National Herald case, holding that the agency\u2019s probe stemmed from a private complaint and not an FIR.
\n\u201cI want to say that after this judgement Modi and Shah should resign because it is like a slap on their face. They should give resignation as they should not harass people like this,\u201d Kharge said at the press conference, which he addressed with party leaders K C Venugopal, Abhishek Singhvi, Jairam Ramesh, and Pawan Khera
\n\u201cThey should know that if they do such things people will not tolerate it,\u201d he said.
\nKharge said the Congress has been fighting the issue politically by taking out marches when the top leadership was summoned by the probe agencies.
\n\u201cWe have been fighting on the streets, in Parliament, outside it, and will continue to do it and teach them a lesson,\u201d he said.
\nVenugopal asserted that the Congress will expose the \u201cvendetta politics\u201d of the Modi government.
\nThe entire Congress cadre is agitated and will show its strength all over India against the \u201cmisuse of agencies.\u201dSinghvi said the law has spoken louder than noise, and termed the National Herald case a story of political vendetta and harassment.
\nDelivering his order in a case that was marked by a political slugfest and legal battles for several years, Special Judge Vishal Gogne said the cognisance of the ED\u2019s prosecution complaint relating to the offence of money laundering was \u201cimpermissible in law.\u201d
\nThe ED complaint was based on an investigation into a complaint by a private person, Subramanian Swamy, and not on an FIR of a predicate offence, the judge said.
\nThe court said it has now become premature and imprudent for it to decide the submissions made by the ED as well as the proposed accused in relation to the merits of the allegations, especially so when cognisance is liable to be declined on a pure question of law.
\n\u201cOther arguments possibly live to fight another day,\u201d it said.
\nED officials said the probe agency may file an appeal against the court\u2019s order after taking opinions from law officers, including Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.
\nThe ED has accused Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, as well as late party leaders Motilal Vora and Oscar Fernandes, along with Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda, and a private company, Young Indian, of conspiracy and money laundering.
\nIt has been alleged that they acquired properties worth approximately Rs 2,000 crore belonging to Associated Journals Limited (AJL), which publishes the National Herald newspaper.
\nReacting to the order, the Congress on Tuesday claimed that the \u201cillegality\u201d of the Narendra Modi government and its \u201cpolitically motivated prosecution stands fully exposed.\u201d
\nIn a statement, the Congress said the ED\u2019s proceedings against Congress leadership \u2014 Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi \u2014 in the case were found to be \u201ccompletely illegal and mala fide\u201d by the court<\/p>\n

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New Delhi, Dec 17: The Congress on Wednesday demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah\u2019s resignation after a Delhi court refused to take cognisance of the ED\u2019s money laundering charge against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case. 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