Herald case: Sonia Gandhi and her son to appear before a trial court today

DELHI: The Congress president and her son are unlikely to appear before a trial court on Tuesday in the National Herald case. A Delhi High Court granted today temporary relief to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son, vice-president Rahul Gandhi, saying they would have to personally appear before it on December 19 to face charges of financial irregularities in case. As Delhi  High  Court on Monday had dismissed the petition of the both top Congress leaders asking that a lower court summons to them be cancelled. The summons had been issued on petition by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy who accused the Gandhis of illegally acquiring property worth  crores belonging to the now-defunct National Herald newspaper. Congress President Sonia Gandhi and vice-president  Rahul Gandhi have appeared in a Delhi court to face transplantation that they illegally earned property values of Rs. 5,000 crore belonging to the National Herald newspaper Metropolitan magistrate Loveleen granted relief to the both leaders for the day and scheduled a fresh date for appearance after senior advocate and Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi told the judge “they are ardent to appear before the court”. “I have not afraid of any one. I am Indira Gandhi’s daughter-in-law” said Sonia. Later in the day, however, party vice-president, Rahul Ganhdi called developments in the case as “political revenge”. Visiting rain-hit Puducherry, Rahul said, “I absolutely see a political revenge. This is the way the central government works.” “Centre thinks they can stop me from asking questions about them by “vendetta” politics. That is not going to happen,” said the congress vice-president. The Congress has also decided to approach the Supreme Court against a Monday Delhi high court order that the party chief and vice-president relief from personal appearance.