National Herald case: Not scared of anyone, I am Indira's daughter-in-law, says Sonia Gandhi

New Delhi: "I am the daughter-in-law ofIndira Gandhi. I am not scared of anyone," a combative Congress President Sonia Gandhi asserted on Tuesday, invoking the legacy of the late Prime Minister in the wake of the National Herald case.

She was asked about the Delhi High Court rejecting their pleas for quashing the summons by a Delhi court against them in the National Herald case.

Her remarks came as the metropolitan magistrate's court here earlier in the day allowed her exemption plea as well asthat of Rahul Gandhi and others for the day.

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The court, however, directed them to appear in person on December 19. The National Herald case had its echo in Parliament with Congress members staging protest in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha over what they described as "political vendetta".

They, however, did not specifically mention the National Herald case in their protests in either of the House.

Rahul Gandhi too alleged "political vendetta" behind the National Herald cheating and misappropriation case, saying, "This is the way the central government functions".

"I absolutely see a political vendetta. I will answer them in Parliament," the Congress vice-president said while talking to reporters after visiting flood-affected areas in Puducherry.

"The Centre thinks they can stop me from asking questions about them by "vendetta" politics. That is not going to happen," Rahul said.