Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's first reactions to the summons in the National Herald case on December 19.

Rahul who is visiting flood-hit Puducherry and Chennai today, said, "I absolutely see a political vendetta. This is the way the Central government functions. Centre thinks they can stop me from asking questions
about them by "vendetta" politics. That is not going to happen." 


Both Sonia Gandhi and Rahul will appear in a Delhi court on December 19 to face allegations that they illegally acquired property worth Rs 5,000 crore belonging to the National Herald newspaper, a case over which the Congress forced repeated disruptions in Parliament today.

Sonia Gandhi told reporters today: "Why should I be upset? As I told my friends, I am Indira Gandhi's daughter-in-law and I am not scared of anybody." Asked whether she and her son Rahul were being targeted for political vendetta, the Congress president replied: "I leave it on you to judge."