Rahul Gandhi threatens legal action against Swamy

Hours after Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy accused Congress president Sonia Gandhi and general secretary Rahul Gandhi of converting a public property into a private firm, the latter’s office shot off a letter to Swamy, threatening legal action against him. [caption id=“attachment_511883” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Naresh Sharma/Firstpost[/caption] The letter termed the charges leveled by Swamy as “utterly false and motivated”. The one-page letter says: “Our attention has been drawn to your purported press conference in the afternoon of November 1, 2012. The allegations made by you are utterly false and motivated. Your action of calling a press conference is a motivated attempt for reasons which one can easily discern.’’ “We are committed to pursuing all legal actions against the scandalous abuse evident in your so-called press conference. Please be informed that we shall pursue the legal remedies open to us against the utterly motivated and irresponsible contents of your press conference. “And that we shall pursue all proceedings that are available in law to ensure that an individual like you do not abuse the freedom to speak and write in utter violation of the equal important need in a civilised society to maintain the dignity of individuals and organisations and to abide by the law of the country,” it said. According to Swamy, Sonia and Rahul had floated a company called Young Indian - in which each had a share of 38 per cent - which acquired Associated Journals, founded by late Jawaharlal Nehru, that published the National Herald and Quami Awaz. He had claimed that it was a fraud committed in order to grab the Herald House in Delhi, which is valued at Rs 1600 crores.”