New Delhi, April 18 -- Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday hit out at Congress over the National Herald case stating that it "is an open and shut case involving corruption and money laundering".

The BJP leader also said that Congress leaders had been making contradictory statements on the issue and that the Congress workers will start protesting against their leaders "when they realise there is corruption within the party".

"This is an open and shut case involving fraud, corruption, and money laundering... National Herald was started under noble circumstances... The Congress party is issuing such contradictory statements. On April 16, Mallikarjun Kharge said that National Herald was shut down due to...