Swamy accuses Sonia, Rahul of 16,000 Cr. fraud

New Delhi: Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Thursday charged Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi of ‘fraudulently’ converting a public trust into private property.
Addressing a press conference here, Subramaniam swamy said Sonia and Rahul had floated a Section 25 company called ‘Young Indian’ each with a share holding of 38 percent, which acquired Associated Journals, founded by late Jawaharlal Nehru, that published the National Herald and Quami Awaz.
He demanded a joint probe by Company Affairs Ministry and CBI and wrote a letter pressing his demand.
Congress was dismissive of Swamy’s allegations, saying that there some characters who utter “anything, anytime”.
“In every society and country, you have some characters. The person you are referring might be one of them who could speak anything, anytime,” AICC General Secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said.
BJP demanded an immediate probe into the allegations.
“The government should immediately order a probe into the allegations,” senior BJP leader Balbir Punj said.