New Delhi:
Congress leader are addressing a press conference hours before the appearance of Congress President Sonia Gandhi and son Rahul Gandhi before a Delhi court in National Herald case.
Here are the highlightsCongress Leader Ghulam Nabi Azad- BJP has rewarded Subramanian Swamy for case against Congress leaders
- The Congress party and the whole country had suspected this from the beginning itself
- The BJP and some union ministers are behind it. You must have read in the papers that how the government has gone out of the way to give Z category security to Subramanian Swamy
- He is not a member of Parliament and neither is he in a border state where there is militancy/terrorism or that he may have killed any terrorist
- The government house that he has been allotted is a reward for filing the case against the Congress
- Since they have come to power they are targeting Opposition parties
- Earlier their slogan was Congress Mukt Bharat. Now their agenda is Vipaksh Mukt Bharat
- Congress didn't bow to the Britishers and fought and gained independence
- BJP had not role to play in that, they are in power because of India being independent
Mallikarjun Kharge- This issue (National Herald) is in a court. We are not giving it a political colour, BJP is doing that in this case
- There are three pillars of democarcy Legislature, Executive and Judiciary
- We raised the issue of Dalits (on Gen VK Singh Comment of Dalit kids) in Lok Sabha, we questioned the government for two days, when Govt didn't give answers, we stated a walkout
- Even in Arunachal's case, they did not find any solution. Finally High Court stepped in and criticised the Governor for undemocratic steps.
- We have cadre from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. From Kachh in Gujarat to the East. We will respect the law
- Indira Ji went to Court herself, even Pandit Ji (Jawahar Lal Nehru) went to Court
Randeep Singh Surjewala- Subramanian Swamy is the mask of PM Modi
- We have said earlier also that Modi Ji and BJP is indulging in political vendetta
- We will give a political reply to it from Parliament to the streets
- Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) was formed by Pandit Nehru and others November 20, 1938 to run the National Herald and promote policies of Congress
- In 2011, we had decided that AJL be converted into a Non Profit Organisation
- The meeting on January 21, 2016 is a part of that proceedings
- If we want to convert it into a non profit organisation so that no one can take away its assets and that it remains a dharohar (legacy) for the Congress why should Modi ji have any problem with that
- Subramanian Swamy is a stooge of PM Modi and I am saying it with a sense of responsibility