Many leaders of the opposition parties have come under the
radar of investigative agency. Here are some of the renowned politicians from
the opposition that are lodged in some of the other cases:
1. Sonia
Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former party chief Rahul
Gandhi were summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in the money laundering
case in connection with the National Herald. Questioning by the ED is going on
since June and both Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi are summoned almost every day
for the same. Gandhis acquired properties owned by the National Herald by
buying over the newspaper’s erstwhile publishers through Young Indian in which
they have a stake of 86%, alleged Swami.
2. Sanjay
Raut
Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena MP was also grilled by ED about the
money laundering case which also involved his wife. According to the
Enforcement Directorate, Sanjay Raut’s wife received money amounting to 38
lakhs through which she bought a flat in Dadar. Questioning in this regard is
going on with Sanjay Raut and his wife.
3. Nawab
Malik
Former Maharashtra Cabinet Minister, Nawab Malik was
arrested and is now spending his life in Tihar Jail. He was arrested in
connection to the money laundering case linked to the most wanted gangster
Dawood Ibrahim.
4. Satyendra
Jain
The Enforcement Directorate on 30 May 2022 arrested minister
Satyendra Jain in a money laundering case. The case is based on a CBI first
information report which was lodged in 2017 for laundering money from four
companies that were linked to him.
5. P. Chidambaram
Former Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram was arrested
by the Enforcement Directorate in the INK Media Case.