AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh on Saturday said the money laundering charges in the National Herald case against former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda amounted to "witch hunting" by the Centre. Congress leader Digvijay Singh said that this is a with hunt to harass Bhupinder Singh Hooda. (This is) just witch hunting to harass Bhupinder Hooda," Singh tweeted from Goa, where he is chairing the coordination committee meeting of local unit of Congress. "If this is money laundering, then every state government has to be prosecuted. The central probe agency has registered a criminal case under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after taking cognisance of a Haryana State Vigilance Bureau FIR of May this year.

Source: dna July 23, 2016 11:30 UTC