IN PICS | Cars Set Ablaze, Trains Halted As Congress Holds Nationwide Protests Over Sonia's Questioning

Enforcement Directorate on Thursday questioned Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in a money laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper.

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Congress workers shout slogans as they gather at the AICC headquarters in Delhi to express their solidarity with the party President Sonia Gandhi who appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the National Herald case today. (Image: PTI)

Congress MPs stage a protest march at Parliament House complex. Sonia Gandhi's questioning lasted for about two hours and the session ended on her request, officials said. She is likely to be called for another round of questioning in the next couple of days. (Image: PTI)

Congress Mahila Morcha members shout slogans as they gather at the AICC headquarters. ED questioned Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in a money laundering case. The day was a show of strength for the party with street protests and leaders courting arrest across the country. (Image: PTI)

Indian Youth Congress members block railway track at Delhi's Shivaji Bridge in protest against questioning of Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi. Several cars were also set on fire by angry protesters in the national capital. (Image: PTI)

Tamil Nadu Congress President KS Alagiri with Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader K Selvaperunthagai and others shouts slogans during their protest in Chennai. Sonia Gandhi was questioned by the same assistant director-level investigation officer who interrogated her son Rahul Gandhi in the case. (Image: PTI)

Congress leaders and workers also staged massive protest in Jammu & Kashmir against ED's crackdown on Gandhi family. The related to alleged financial irregularities in the Congress-promoted Young Indian Private Limited, which owns National Herald. (Image: PTI)

Congress workers stage a protest outside ED office in Mumbai. The Congress party slammed the agency's action against its top leadership and termed it "political vendetta". Congress chief had been summoned twice earlier but sought an exemption on grounds of Covid. (Image: PTI)

Police personnel outside the AICC headquarters as Congress President Sonia Gandhi appeared before the Enforcement Directorate. As parts of central Delhi went into gridlock, Sonia Gandhi reached the federal probe agency's headquarters in Lutyens Delhi’s A P J Abdul Kalam Road a little after noon escorted by her Z+ category CRPF security cover. (Image: PTI)

Congress workers stage a protest in Guwahati. Leaders of 13 political parties, including the DMK, Shiv Sena, RJD and the Left, met at Parliament House and issued a statement accusing the government of unleashing a “relentless campaign of vendetta against its political opponents. (Image: PTI)

Congress supporters take part in 'Akrosh March' in protest against summoning of party President in Bihar's Patna. Sonia Gandhi's statement was recorded by the agency under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). (Image: PTI)