INDIA SUMMARIZED

Shimla: BJP leader Arun Jaitley on November 2, sought the response of the Congress on the alleged "wrongdoing" by its president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi vis-a-vis the takeover of Herald House in Delhi. Building on Subramanian Swamy's theme that the Congress had advanced money to take over the building, Jaitley demanded an explanation from the party. "If the money has not been paid, the matter ends. But in case loans have been advanced, it has serious ramifications as it's mandatory for political parties to use funds only for political purposes and these can't be used for any commercial purpose," Jaitley told reporters here. Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy Thursday said a company allegedly floated by the Gandhis had done a "sham and bogus" deal to "grab the Rs.1,600 crore worth Herald House and other properties of the group and demanded a CBI probe. The Congress has dismissed the charges while Rahul Gandhi's ...