BENGALURU: Commenting on the FIR filed against the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in connection with the National Herald case, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D.K. Shivakumar said on Monday that Rahul Gandhi will not back down from attacking the Union government on several critical issues even if he is sent to jail.
"The Central government is misusing investigative agencies to harass Rahul Gandhi out of political vengeance, " he said, while hitting out at the BJP-led Union government.
Responding to queries from the media at Vidhana Soudha on Monday, Shivakumar said: "This is unfair. There is a limit to how much anyone can be harassed. There is no need to harass him (Rahul Gandhi) in this (National Herald) case. National Herald does not belong to Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi personally. Since they held the post of the Congress President, they were custodians of the institution's shares."