Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, on Monday, said that the Centre was misusing its investigative agencies to torture Rahul Gandhi out of political vendetta.
Speaking to reporters at Vidhana Soudha, he said, “There is a limit to torturing. National Herald isn’t a personal property of Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi. He was a shareholder by the virtue of being a president. CM and I are also presidents of several Boards and Corporations. As a president, they will have certain shares and they get transferred to someone else once they relinquish the post. It is a historic trend for Congress leaders to become presidents of National Herald.”
National Herald is a party asset
“They have already announced that neither Young India nor National Herald is a private property. Morarji Desai had taken certain decisions in the interest of the party. When the party was in difficult situation during Sitaram Kesari’s time, party leaders approached Sonia Gandhi and requested her to take party responsibilities. They are now being targeted for political vendetta. History will repeat. Rahul Gandhi will not be bothered even if he is put in jail, but vendetta politics is not good. Politics must be direct. Let’s fight elections, but don’t torture like this misusing investigative agencies,” he said.
