Hyderabad, April 25 -- National Herald, voice of the Freedom Struggle and the legacy of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the Architect of Modern India, is caught up in an unseemly row over alleged proceeds of crime and terror links. National Herald in English, along with Qaumi Awaaz in Urdu and Navjeevan in Hindi, have been drawn into legal tangle, with the draconian Prevention of Money-Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, being invoked against Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition, considered Shadow Prime Minister, Rahul Gandhi.

Eyebrows are raised, with the draconian terror funding-related PMLA being invoked in National Herald case. In fact, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and PMLA mostly ...