Ghulam Nabi Azad stood surety for Oscar Fernandes, Ajay Maken for Motilal Vora and Mallikarjun Kharge for Suman Dubey.
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The Gandhis did not move court for exemption from personal appearance in future hearings.
The Congress bosses say Opposition won’t bow down to “false allegations” by the Modi govt; next hearing on Feb 20.
The Nehru-Gandhi family and the Congress party that they dominate has ruled India for all but 10 years since the country gained independence from British rule in 1947. Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others will be sent to prison. The court had asked all accused to appear before it on August 7, 2014. “We should remind them that it is just bail, which they got, not the Bharat Ratna”, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told ANI. The legal guidelines of the nation are relevant to all with none distinction and discrimination.
They also slammed the recent raid of CBI on Delhi government Principle Secretary’s office and said that this is a sign of BJP’s frustration and nothing else. Walking towards the court room with smiles on their faces, the Gandhis looked calm.
Rahul and Sonia Gandhi are part of a political dynasty that stretches back to independent India’s founding.
Petitioner-complainant BJP leader Subramanian Swamy pressed for imposition of restrictions on foreign travel and seizure of passport of the accused, on which Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen noted: “The accused are reputed persons having deep political grassroots and there is no apprehension that they will flee”. They have been summoned by the trial courtroom on prima facie fees of felony conspiracy, dishonest, felony breach of belief and dishonest misappropriation of property underneath related sections of the regulation.
Dr. Singh said the Congress party was united behind Ms. Gandhi and Mr. Gandhi. If this was not all, the Aam Admi Party top brass said it is in receipt of a letter from former top cop and president of the defunct Indian Hockey Federation (IHF), KPS Gill, citing financial irregularities in Hockey India (HI), which is run by Narendra Batra, a close friend of the FM. Keeping in mind the nature of the case, the Delhi police wireless constantly buzzed, new layers of security came up every minute and an expectant crowd gathered in front of the Patiala House courts complex, which became the seat of action in the high-profile case, throwing traffic in central Delhi out of gear.
He took a dig at the Congress for accusing BJP of political vendetta in the case. A senior Congress leader said the party would not budge from its three demands on the GST Bill.
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On the fate of GST bill in this session, he said while all other parties expressed their support to it but Congress did not give any assurance.
