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Report on Vadra delayed
Almost a decade of governments false and baseless accusations on me! They cannot prove anything without proof, and there is nothing there to prove... I will always be used for political gains, I know ...But I will walk with my head held high, as in time and with the truth which will conquer incorrect perceptions, that are created about me\", the son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi said i
New Delhi(Agencies) Robert Vadra on Thursday dismissed allegations of fraudulent land deals against him, saying they were false and that he will "always be used for political gains".
Almost a decade of governments false and baseless accusations on me! They cannot prove anything without proof, and there is nothing there to prove...
I will always be used for political gains, I know ...But I will walk with my head held high, as in time and with the truth which will conquer incorrect perceptions, that are created about me", the son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi said in a Facebook post.
Vadra has recently been issued a notice by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for his alleged involvement in a land scam in Bikaner.
Meanwhile, on the day that he was meant to submit a report on whether Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, was bestowed with a really sweet spot in Haryana when her party was in power, Justice SN Dhingra has asked for a few more weeks.
The extension comes amid criticism of the inquiry - Justice Dhingra summoned neither Vadra nor the "whistleblower" in his case, senior bureaucrat Ashok Khemka, who tried to cancel the land deal that's been described as corrupt. Justice Dhingra, sources said, has informed Chief Minister ML Khattar that he has received new information that could help identify government officials who colluded in illicit land deals before the BJP came to power.
The former judge told NDTV that he had not asked Vadra to appear in person because "private parties were sent questionnaires to which they responded".
The controversy around Vadra is based on a 3.5-acre plot in Gurgaon, now known as Gurugram, that he bought in 2008 for 7.5 crores and sold just months later for 58 crores to India's largest real estate developer, DLF.
Vadra and DLF have denied any wrongdoing. The Congress, Mrs Gandhi, and her daughter Priyanka have refuted the allegations of a sweetheart deal, flagging the inquiry as "political vendetta". BS Hooda, who was the Congress Chief Minister, ignored one summon from Justice Dhingra.
The BJP says that as the party governing the state, the Congress flagrantly violated the rules, not just in selling the land to Mr Vadra at a massive discount, but in lightning-speed clearances for the plot to be used for commercial purposes, which sharply escalated its value. Vadra's transaction is among a retinue of deals in four Gurgaon villages that have been studied by Justice Dhingra.
The Congress has today questioned the fairness of his inquiry, alleging that the Haryana government has spent a vast amount of money in making a school operated by Justice Dhingra's charitable trust more accessible with a specially-constructed road in Gurgaon.
