New Delhi, April 16 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday that the National Herald, launched in 1937, was "never the personal property of the Nehru family."

He said, "The newspaper, which was supposed to strengthen the voice of the people fighting for independence, they turned that newspaper into a private business, an ATM!"

Ravi Shankar Prasad's comments came after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) named Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in its chargesheet in the National Herald case.

Prasad said the law will take its own course under the Modi government and that probe agencies will not be fazed by the "threats" of the Congress.

He said the Congress has the right to hold 'dharnas' (t...