The National Herald Case: Sonia and Rahul Gandhi granted bail, Congress rejoice

Both Sonia & Rahul Gandhi were granted bail in the National Herald case. The next hearing in the case will take place on February 20.

In the backdrop of National Herald case, Congress launched a no-holds barred attack against government, accusing it of resorting to "unprecedented" level of vendetta politics and targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the petitioner Subramanian Swamy was his "mask".

Just before Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi appeared before a court here, a host of party leaders, including Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mallikarjun Kharge, Anand Sharma and Randeep Singh Surjewala, addressed the media to attack the NDA government, particularly Modi.

Azad said Congress was not afraid of "targeting" by the Modi dispensation and asserted that the more the party is attacked, the sooner it will return to power.

"The BJP government is resorting to unprecedented level of vendetta politics. The country has never seen this kind of politics. We will fight out the battle," said the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha.

Calling Swamy a "mask" for Modi, he said the BJP functionary has been awarded with a bungalow for dragging Congress leadership to court even though he was not a Parliamentarian or government official.

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