Motilal Vora says it’s nothing to do with Sonia-Rahul Gandhi case, the newspaper would be re-launched. In a major development, the publishers of National Herald have decided to convert the firm to a non-profit entity.The publishers of National Herald group of newspapers, Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), will convert the firm from the commercial one to a non-profit entity.
Mumbai Congress leader Krishna Hegde told this newspaper that “the entire case against Sonia ji and Rahul Gandhi ji is politically motivated. There is no substantial ground to this case.”
Zakir Ahmad of Congress said, “whether they looted a business they paid for is not relevant. Most business people take advantage of the assets of the companies they own, BJP is issue less and they failed to deliver their promises, so hiding their face under such issues.”
According to AJL Managing Director Motilal Vora, the AJL Extraordinary General Meeting has decided to relaunch newspapers. However, Vora has also said that the conversion is not at all linked with the National Herald case. Earlier, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul had got bail in the National Herald case after a local court rejected complainant Subramanian Swamy’s opposition to the relief for them on the ground they are influential and can flee the country.
The case is based on a private criminal complaint lodged by Swamy against them of cheating, conspiracy and criminal breach of trust. Swamy has accused them of cheating and misappropriation of funds in acquiring ownership of the now-defunct daily National Herald.
