Congress president Sonia Gandhi has sought more time from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to appear before it in connection with the National Herald case. She is scheduled to appear before the ED on June 23. “Since she has been strictly advised rest at home following her hospitalisation on account of Covid and lung infection, Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi has written to ED today seeking the postponement of her appearance there by a few weeks till she has recovered completely,” Congress general secretary (communication) Jairam Ramesh tweeted Wednesday. Initially, the ED issued a notice to Sonia asking her to appear before the agency for questioning on June 8. After she fell unwell, the agency had issued a fresh summons to her to appear on June 23. Sonia had to be hospitalised after she developed an infection in her lower respiratory tract and post-Covid complications. The ED has questioned Congress MP Rahul Gandhi five times between June 13 and June 21 in connection with the same case.
