Politician Kejriwal now targets Sonia’s son-in-law

Oct 05, 2012 |

New Delhi

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RTI crusader and India Against Corruption (IAC) activist Arvind Kejriwal on Friday hit out at UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, saying he received kickbacks from DLF, and that his income rose from Rs. 50 lakh to a whopping Rs. 300 crore courtesy land allotments.

Kejriwal claimed that they have evidence to show that Vadra received kickbacks from DLF.

"Robert Vadra's income grew from Rs. 50 lakhs to Rs. 300 crore in three years, how did this happen? DLF gave Vadra Rs. 65 crore unsecured loan. DLF gave Robert Vadra unsecured loans, what benefit did Vadra give to DLF to secure these loans," Kejriwal told a press conference here along with former Law Minister Shanti Bhushan and Supreme Court lawyer and IAC activist Prashant Bhushan.

Asserting that Sonia Gandhi's son in-law is involved in a property scam, Kejriwal demanded an answer from the UPA Government at the Centre on this issue.

"All the details are with the government, yet no action has been taken. The Congress must answer. Multiple properties owned in Haryana, Rajasthan and Dehradun. The government must explain why this information was not acted upon," he added.

Meanwhile, Prashant Bhushan also echoed similar sentiments on the issue, and demanded that the links between Vadra and DLF should be probed.

"Robert Vadra got 10,000 sq foot penthouse in DLF Aralia for Rs. 85 lakhs whose market value when sold was 25 crores, and today, it's value is 40 crores," said Bhushan.

"Why did the DLF give so much money to Vadra without any obvious benefit?" he asked.

The eminent lawyer further claimed that Vadra was getting benefits for DLF through the Delhi and Haryana Governments, and added that it should be probed by investigating agencies.

"There are many other properties to be inquired into," said Bhushan.

"Hum iss desh ke damaad hain, isi liye kuch bhi kar sakte hain? (I am the son-in-law of the country so I can get away with anything)," Bhushan added mockingly, while seeking an answer from the ruling Congress Party.

The Kejriwal-Bhushan duo had earlier this year released documents against 15 Cabinet ministers charging them of corruption.

They had demanded that a special investigation team be set up to investigate the charges.

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