India, April 18 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anurag Thakur on Friday launched a fresh offensive against the Congress in the ongoing National Herald money laundering case, targeting senior party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, who have been named in a recent chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Thakur questioned the Congress's decision to set up Young Indian (YI), a company in which the Gandhis hold a 76% stake, for the debt mitigation of Associated Journals Limited (AJL), instead of paying off the dues directly.

"If Congress wanted to waive loans, why did it not do so for AJL? YI was formed and one family holds 76% of its control, therefore, the party waived the loans. If the 1,000 people (AJL's shareh...