Congress leaders and party workers on Wednesday, April 16, spearheaded protests across India opposing the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) chargesheet against senior party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case.
Veteran Congress parliamentarian Sonia Gandhi alleged that the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) scheme is severely underfunded and violating key provisions of the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, under which it was implemented.
Former Congress president and senior leader Sonia Gandhi was unanimously re-elected as the chairperson of the Congress parliamentary party on Saturday.
Even as several exit polls predict third time for the Narendra Modi-led government, veteran Congress leader Sonia Gandhi asserted that Congress party remained hopeful that the Lok Sabha election results would be the opposite of the what the exit polls have showed.
The Congress on Thursday launched a fresh attack against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi saying that the PM was making “a systematic effort to cripple the Congress financially.”