The state unit president of the Congress in Karnataka, D K Shivakumar, announced on Sunday that the party will observe “Mauna Satyagraha” (Silent Satyagraha) on Tuesday when party chief Sonia Gandhi appears before investigators from the Enforcement Directorate looking into an alleged money laundering case. From the moment Sonia Gandhi enters the ED office till she leaves, he claimed, the Mauna Satyagraha will be organised. “On July 26, the ED summoned Sonia Gandhi once more. The politics of vengeance are still going on, Shivakumar told the media. (PTI)
The Congress state president remembered how his mother had also been subjected to harassment in connection with an alleged money laundering case, which led him to ask the court to let the probe to take place at his home.
Sonia Gandhi, however, chose not to appear in court. Instead, she made her statement in front of the ED at their office. According to Mr. Shivakumar, an MLA from the Kanakapura constituency, the harassment has not yet stopped.
The Congress party has therefore decided to hold a “Mauna Satyagraha” in which all of our MPs, MLAs, former ministers, AICC office-bearers, councillors, and other leaders will participate in the protest in front of the Gandhi statue at Congress Bhavan at 10 AM on July 26, Mr. Shivakumar told reporters.