New Delhi, Dec. 2 -- Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday alleged political vendetta after a fresh FIR was filed against the Gandhi family in the 12-year-old National Herald case, claiming the PM Modi government and ED have "exhausted fresh smears" and resorted to "selective prosecutions and recycled allegations" to target opponents.

In a post on X, Kharge wrote, "12 years on and suddenly a new FIR in the old case on the Gandhi Family targeting the Congress party. Simply because the Modi Govt and the ED have exhausted their supply of fresh smears."

He alleged, "When facts ran thin, theatrics stepped in: selective prosecutions, recycled allegations, and a thinly veiled attempt to keep opponents in the dock."

Kharge expressed...