New Delhi, April 21 -- Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday strongly defended the party's stand in the National Herald case, calling the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) action a "blatant abuse of power" aimed at targeting Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

Addressing a press conference here today, Chidambaram, citing detailed financial and legal facts, asserted that there is no evidence of money laundering or financial impropriety, and termed the ED's chargesheet a politically motivated attack orchestrated by the ruling establishment to malign the principal Opposition party.

"National Herald, Navjeevan and Kaumi Azad are the symbols of the freedom struggle. It is the duty of every Indian to preserve and ...