NEW DELHI: The Delhi police have beefed up security in the wake of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) preparing to question Congress president Sonia Gandhi in connection with the National Herald Case. A curfew has been imposed at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters. Party activists will not be allowed entry in the area, said the police.
Delhi | Morning visuals from Akbar road where Delhi Police has set up barricades in the vicinity of AICC headquarters
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Senior Congress leaders & party's MPs to gather at AICC office as Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi appears before ED in National Herald case today pic.twitter.com/3nq0tNRfUl
Sonia Gandhi will appear before the ED at 11 am. According to reports, she will be accompanied by MPs and working committee members. The Congress will stage country-wide protests against the ED action, on Thursday.
Although the ED had asked Sonia Gandhi to appear for questioning earlier, she requested to delay the interrogation citing health issues. Last month, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was questioned for 50 hours over five days in the National Herald case. At the time, the Congress had staged protests across the country in support of the leader.