Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said, "They (Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi) were running the government at that time. They should be tried for treason."
In an interview to China's Xinhua News Agency, Sonia had mentioned the 2008 MoU Congress had signed with the CCP and had emphasised on the increased coordination between young leaders of both parties.
The lawyers who have filed the petition in the apex court has asked for an investigation into the details of the MoU signed between the Congress party and the Communist Party of China in 2008 during the UPA era.