Guwahati, Dec. 17 -- The Congress on Wednesday escalated its attack on the BJP-led Centre, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah after a Delhi court declined to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's money laundering complaint in the National Herald case.

Addressing a press conference, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said the court's order amounted to a strong rebuke of what he described as politically driven harassment of the party's top leadership. He asserted that the judgment exposed the misuse of central agencies and demanded that both Modi and Shah step down for allowing such actions.

Flanked by senior leaders K.C. Venugopal, Abhishek Singhvi, Jairam Ramesh an...