India, April 19 -- Congress slammed ED chargesheet timing, called it political vendetta ahead of key state elections.

NEW DELHI: Even as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a chargesheet against Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the alleged money laundering case involving National Herald, the Congress has questioned the timing of the financial probe in light of the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls later this year and the party's aggressive preparations in Gujarat ahead of elections.

Several senior Congress leaders questioned the timing of the ED's chargesheet and seizure of assets, linking them directly to the party's recent two-day national convention in Gujarat, Rahul Gandhi's prolonged stay in ...