On instructions from Congress president Sonia Gandhi, a brief on the National Herald case has been prepared as a ready reckoner for party spokespersons and the Congress Working Committee members.

Rediff.com has a copy of the notes -- one in question-answer format, the other as a backgrounder. This will be useful for Congressmen to answer questions when the case comes up for trial before the Patiala Court on January 5, 2016.


There are 14 questions, which begin with:

Q1. Have Smt Sonia Gandhi or Shri Rahul Gandhi benefited financially from Young Indian?

Answer. No. As directors or shareholders of Young Indian, a non-profit, Section 25 company, they are prohibited by law from drawing (and have not drawn) any financial benefits from the company.


Q 2. Have any assets been transferred from The Associated Journals Ltd. (AJL) to Young Indian (YI)?
Answer. No. All the assets and the income of AJL remain with the company. Not a single paisa has gone to YI, YI Directors or YI Shareholders.  Read the full questionnaire here.


The other document which has gone out to Congressmen is a long-form history of National Herald, AJL and the 'BJP's politically motivated attacks'. Read it here.

If you are unaware of the National Herald case, here's all that you wanted to know about (but didn't know whom to ask). Read