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                  Gandhis Given Bail, Deny Corruption Charges

   by VOA News

   Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi  -- the  top leaders of India's
   opposition Congress Party -- were granted bail Saturday in a New Delhi
   court on charges they illegally acquired a newspaper's assets.

   The case is adjourned until February 20.

   The allegations against the members of India's most famous political
   dynasty were brought by Subramanian Swamy, a member of Prime Minister
   Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP.

   The Gandhis deny the charges against them, labeling them as a
   "vendetta" by the ruling BJP.

   The National Herald newspaper in question was established in 1938 by
   Jawaharlal Nehru, Rahul Gandhi's great-grandfather and independent
   India's first prime minister. The newspaper shut down in 2008.

   Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh posted the bond for Sonia Gandhi,
   while her daughter Priyanka Vadra posted bond for her brother. Each
   bond was $754.
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