Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appeared before the Enforcement Directorate for the fifth day of questioning in the National Herald case.

Meanwhile, the Congress today escalated its attack on the Centre and questioned the Narendra Modi-led government over the harassment of Rahul Gandhi by the ED.

The party claimed that the former Congress president is being questioned for raising his voice against the government, and also as an act to divert attention from the Centre’s new Agnipath scheme in the defence sector, which has received backlash from youths across the country.

Addressing a press conference in the national capital, Congress MP Abhishek Singhvi claimed that the Centre is trying to divert people’s attention from their half-baked Agnipath scheme.

He said that the Centre is using their method of distraction, digression and deceit, and hounding Rahul Gandhi.

He has been called to distract the nation’s attention…to make sure the issues that deserve attention, such Agnipath, price rise and unemployment, remain camouflaged and hidden. Rahul Gandhi has been a consistent unwavering voice against the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Modi sarkar, and therefore this harassment is an act of utter revenge, retribution, retaliation, reprisal and reverberation, Singhvi said.