New Delhi, July 18 -- Congress MP KC Venugopal has strongly criticised the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for filing a chargesheet against businessman Robert Vadra, alleging that the move is a "malicious smear campaign" orchestrated by the ruling BJP ahead of upcoming elections.

Venugopal in a post on X wrote, "The INC rejects the ED's latest efforts in a decade-long witch hunt against Mr. Robert Vadra. We have complete faith in the judiciary, and are confident that this malicious smear campaign will be defeated."

He shared a press statement on X in which he labelled the chargesheet as a "willful and malicious" attempt to target opposition leaders and divert public attention from the BJP government's shortcomings.

"As the election cycle ...