Tehri Garhwal, April 17 -- Congress leader Harish Rawat has termed the ED's filing of a chargesheet against Sonia and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case an effort to "murder democracy."

Speaking to ANI, Rawat claimed that the ED's chargesheet is based on a plain lie.

"It is an effort to murder democracy. Everyone knows the relationship between the National Herald and Congress, and this (ED's chargesheet) is based on a plain lie... if anyone had any objection, a civil suit could have been filed, but involving ED is an effort to induce fear and malign the image of opposition leaders," the former Uttarakhand CM said.

The Congress party on Wednesday held a nationwide protest against the chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorat...