New Delhi: On being asked if there is everything all right between Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Businessman Robert Vadra said there are no issues between Congress’ top leadership. Robert Vadra said, “Never. I’ve not seen any kind of issues with them at all. If they have any kind of arguments, it’s healthy arguments about how we can do something better for the country. No positions and no power can change any kind of dynamic between them or even me. People supposed that I was very upset because I didn’t get to fight from Amethi. It has no meaning to me. I don’t see any kind of issues between any people in the family. We will work together for the whole country…”
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‘Shocked beyond belief’: Robert Vadra says not allowed to meet wife Priyanka
By PTI
NEW DELHI: Robert Vadra on Wednesday claimed that he has been stopped from going to Lucknow to meet his wife and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who has been detained in Sitapur while on her way to meet victims of violence in Lakhimpur Kheri.
In a Facebook post, Vadra also said that he was “shocked” at the manner his wife has been “arrested”.
“I have been stopped to get to Lucknow, UP to check on my wife and make sure she is fine and well. I am shocked beyond belief, how Priyanka has been arrested under Section 151 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC),” he said in the post.
Vadra said he spoke with Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday and was informed that she has not been served with any order or notice.
She has not been produced before a judicial officer and has not been allowed to meet her legal counsel, he said.
“I am really worried for her and I had packed my bag to go to Lucknow now, when I was informed that I won’t be allowed to step out of the airport.
This is totally shocking that as a husband I can’t even go and support my wife,” Vadra said.
“Thankfully, she has a huge support of the masses. But for me, my family and my wife comes first. I really hope and pray that she is released soon and is back home safe,” he added.
The Uttar Pradesh police on Wednesday also denied permission to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to visit Lakhimpur Kheri.
Prohibitory orders have been imposed in Lakhimpur Kheri, where eight people, including four farmers, were killed in Sunday’s violence during a protest, and in Sitapur, where Priyanka Gandhi has been in detention since Monday.
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HC Judge recuses himself from hearing money laundering case involving Robert Vadra
By PTI
JODHPUR: A Rajasthan High Court judge on Wednesday recused himself from hearing a money laundering case involving businessman Robert Vadra.The matter was listed for hearing in the court of Justice Manoj Kumar Garg at the Jodhpur seat of the high court.
The hearing was adjourned and its next date will be fixed after a new single bench is determined by the high court administration to hear the case which is related to some land deals in Rajasthan.
The high court has already stayed the arrest of Vadra, who is Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law, and it will remain in force till next the hearing.
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Robert Vadra rides bicycle to office as protest against rising petrol, diesel prices
By PTI
NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra rode a bicycle from his residence to office on Monday, marking his protest against the rising petrol and diesel prices.Vadra was, however, trolled on social media, including by some BJP leaders, for wearing a suit while riding the bicycle with his luxury vehicle and securitymen in tow.
“I do what I say. A long bicycle ride from home to office on a Monday morning amidst a lot of traffic. I feel for the masses and understand what they must be going through daily due to petrol and diesel price hike. The government must roll back fuel prices,” Vadra said on his unverified Twitter handle.
Vadra said he was speaking for the common people who were upset due to the rising petrol and diesel prices in the country, even though crude oil prices were on the decline.
He also demanded a rollback of the hike in petrol and diesel prices.
BJP general secretary C T Ravi took a dig at Vadra, the husband of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, saying he was wearing an expensive suit while riding the bicycle with his “diesel guzzling Land Cruiser” in tow.
“Sonia Gandhi’s ‘Damad’ Robert Vadra goes cycling wearing an expensive suit with his diesel guzzling Land Cruiser trailing him. So much for protest against fuel hike,” he wrote on Twitter.
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Have to be in Parliament to fight my case: Robert Vadra
By IANS
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s husband Robert Vadra has opened up on his desire to enter politics and contest elections after being subjected to grilling by the Income tax department.Vadra alleged that he was subjected to such treatment because he is related to a prominent political family.
Speaking to IANS in New Delhi on Thursday at his Sukhdev Vihar office, Vadra said, “I am related to a family that has for generations served the people of this country and have even been martyred for the country. I have seen, learnt, campaigned, spent time in different parts of the country and I suppose to fight this kind of dynamic I have to be in Parliament.”
He said “Obviously now I do feel I have fought this outside for far too long. I have explained myself, cleared myself but this is constant that they trouble me now as I am not in politics. I always kept away from politics because I have my set beliefs.”
Vadra said he will take the decision at an appropriate time. “When I see a place where people will vote me to represent them and I can make a difference for people in that area and if my family approves of it,” he said.
He said that the entire family supports him specially Priyanka on his decisions.
“Priyanka is always supportive. I am talking about the entire family and when they approve of it, I can be in politics and fight my issues in political arena.”
Vadra has campaigned in elections in Raebareli and Amethi and hoardings came up in Moradabad in his support as he claimed he has spent his childhood in that place and people want him to be there.
He insisted that he is fighting the political battle without being in politics and he was used each time as a “punching bag” whenever the government is in a bind.
While he rejects the accusation of ‘benami’ property. “These are just rumours and there is nothing against me, there is no basis on which they can say anything like this, they have no clarity on it,” Vadra added.
He said that he is a part of a political family and so he has to deal with the other parties. “They too talk about me and people of the country and journalists are interested and want to know our comments.”
He said all this is “to divert attention from the real issues that government has to face each time. So now the timing is the Covid era, there are economic issues of farmers sitting on protest, committing suicide and you think that we must send some kind of agencies to come and ask me the same kind of questions which I have already answered.”
“So when there are issues which the government does not want to answer so they think lets divert the issue and put the spotlight on somebody else.”
He defended himself and claimed that all these accusations had been cleared by the courts.
“I have been cleared by various agencies but every time the timing is significant. I don’t say it but everyone says that whenever there are problems I am targeted.”
Vadra have been at the centre of various controversies and the most recent is the issue of ‘benami’ property which he has rejected.
While he personally endorses Rahul Gandhi, saying he has all the potential to lead the Congress party but it is the party which has to decide.
“The Congress party is a democratic party, everybody has a voice if the party feels he has potential they will elect him as President,” he said on being asked about Rahul coming back as party chief.
On Priyanka Gandhi, he said she is doing her work honestly and people of the country will want her to be more active at the national level. He said that she must be given more time to prove her mettle.
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I-T dept questions Robert Vadra for second day in benami assets case
By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Income Tax department questioned Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, for the second consecutive day on Tuesday in connection with its probe against him under the benami assets law, official sources said.A team from the Chandigarh investigation unit of the department, that is handling the probe, was seen going inside Vadra’s office in the Sukhdev Vihar area of the national capital around 3 PM.
Vadra is married to Congress leader and Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
After he was questioned on the first day on Monday, the 52-year-old had said the aim of the tax department’s action was to “digress” from the “real issues” concerning the country like the farmers’ agitation.
On Monday, he was questioned for about eight hours and his statement was recorded as part of the proceedings related to the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, sources had said.
Tax department sources had said Vadra was asked to join the investigation at their office but as he cited the prevailing COVID-19 restrictions, I-T officials decided to visit his premises.
Officials had said the questioning was linked to the purchase of some land parcels by a firm linked to Vadra in Rajasthan’s border town of Bikaner in which another central probe agency, the Enforcement Directorate, had filed a money laundering case in 2015.
The ED has questioned Vadra in this case in the past and had attached assets worth Rs 4.62 crore of his firm Ms Sky Light Hospitality (P) Ltd (now LLP) in 2019.
Sources said the ED shared case documents of this probe along with that of possession of some alleged undisclosed assets abroad with the tax department for action under the anti-benami law that is enforced in the country by the latter.
“Everyone knows it is (political vendetta).
Whenever Priyanka (his wife Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra) moves out for helping farmer and other issues then whom will they (probe agencies) come to?” Vadra had said to reporters after the tax department team left.
“They will come to Robert Vadra. I don’t want to go into political issues but they (government) are digressing from real issues like the farmers issue,” he had said.
Vadra had said he had “nothing to hide and worry about” and that the truth will prevail.
When reporters asked him if the latest questioning pertains to proceedings under the anti-benami law, he had said “it was general and nothing related to that (benami).
” The I-T department has also been probing Vadra on charges of alleged possession of some undisclosed assets in the UK.
The ED too is investigating these charges, under the anti-money laundering law, against the businessman.
The ED has accused Vadra of money laundering in the purchase of a London-based property at 12, Bryanston Square worth 1.
9 million GBP (British pounds), which is allegedly owned by him and this transaction involves the role of absconding defence consultant Sanjay Bhandari.
Bhandari has never joined the I-T or ED probe in this case and is stated to be based abroad.
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Income Tax Dept records Robert Vadra’s statement in property case
By ANI
NEW DELHI: Income Tax Department is recording the statement of Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, in connection with Benami Property Case, sources said on Monday.I-T department and Enforcement Department is probing Vadra under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) pertaining to allegations of money laundering in the purchase of a London-based property at 12, Bryanston Square.
Earlier ED has also recorded the statement of Vadra in connection with assets and properties outside India. In his recorded statement he denied the ownership of properties in London in question. He also denied assets outside India.
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Edirorial :- Peeem Pad kee Daud Mein Maaya Aage Raahul Peechhe
After considering some of today’s news related to SP-BSP, we can reveal the possibility that the maya has overthrown Rahul Gandhi on behalf of the Opposition in the race for the prime minister’s post. Akhilesh has already kneeled.
Today, in Rahul Jhansi, Rahul said the young brigade of the SP will be shocked by the false promises of BJP. This implies that Rahul and his Congress are now zero in Uttar Pradesh. The nephew Akhilesh has already been bowed before Bua Mayawati.
Today the BSP has made big bets. In 2019, the party has taken the resolution to make Mayawati a PM.
On Monday, there was a meeting of co-ordinators and senior workers in Lucknow, in which Mayawati’s name was kept under the single-point agenda, it was clearly stated that after the 2019 general elections, Mayawati is to be the Prime Minister of the country. This is the first time that thousands of workers gathered in Lucknow’s largest auditorium Indira Gandhi Foundation, but Mayawati was not on the stage.
This made it clear that Mayawati could not compromise with Rahul Gandhi in any way for the post of Prime Minister. If the BSP will get the support of the Congress, as it is being seen in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, it will impose its condition on Congress. Even if they do not disclose this condition in the media.
Right now Rahul Gandhi is desperate from the Congress, Madhya Pradesh and other provinces in the Congress that is going on in the heat and poster. This is the reason that in the manner in which the announcement of the Prime Minister’s post in the US during Karnataka assembly elections and now he is quiet. On the contrary, BSP has turned the tables for making Maya a candidate for the post of prime minister.
During the UPA regime, a banner in the stage at a Congress program was a picture of Robert Vadra, besides Manmohan Singh.
This was the story of Gandhi Vadra family. Prior to this, Robert Vadra had once said that whatever he is, he is not due to Priyanka Gandhi, because of his ability and ability.
Prior to Uttar Pradesh, there was a poster war between the supporters of Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. Today’s news is that poster war between Jyotiraditya Scindia and Kamal Nath supporters has started.
There is a poster on the Facebook page of the Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress Idea Forum, on which Kamal Nath has been asked to make the next Chief Minister of the state. This poster has written ‘Rahul Bhaiya’s message, Kamal Nath Sahela Territory’.
Right now, there is a poster on Facebook about Scindia. In the poster, Scindia has been projected as the Chief Minister’s candidate and has written, “The next Chief Minister will bring a storm of development in Madhya Pradesh”. This poster of Scindia has been posted on the Facebook page of ‘Shrimant Scindia Fan Club’. It is written on this poster: ‘There will be a storm of development in the country, Scindia in the state, Rahul Gandhi in the center’.
Today’s news in Loksakti’s first page is the news: The accusation of harassing the CM Swamy, imposed by the former Assembly Speaker, in the Karnataka Congress. This is also the situation of Rajasthan.
It seems that until the coming assembly elections, at least Rahul Gandhi will remain silent on the issue of PM candidate and SP will continue to bounce to present Maya as a PM candidate. -
Editorial :- From corruption to Nehru to Vadra
In the matter of issuing notice to Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, the income tax department has sent a notice to Vadra’s SkyLight Hospitality Company for payment of tax of about 25.8 crores in 2011-2012. 25 crore has been ordered to deposit. The Income Tax Department has given only 30 days time to deposit this amount.
It is believed that Vadra owns 99 percent stake in this company. Skylight has also gone to the High Court and the Supreme Court on this matter, but they did not receive much relief.
Last year in the same case, the Enforcement Directorate had arrested two people close to Vadra, Jaiprakash Bagvara and Ashok Kumar.
Vadra-DLF scam
Accused of Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s case against Robert Vadra in the year 2012, the DLF scandal is still going on. They accused them of selling land at Shikohpur village and selling real estate company DLF in huge profits. Robert Vadra accused DLF of taking 65 million interest-free loans. The basic purpose of delivering political benefits to the company behind the payment of unpaid interest was the original purpose. It has also come to light that Robert Vadra bought land at very low prices in many parts of the country, in the Congress government at the center.
Land scam case in Bikaner
Land scam in Bikaner, Rajasthan also includes land deals of Robert Vadra companies. According to the English news portal Economics Times, 18 FIRs are registered in connection with wrong land deals, out of which 4 are related to Vadra companies. These FIRs are related to the purchase of 1,400 bigha land forged names, out of which 275 are alleged to be purchased by fake names for companies of Bigha Vadra.
Priyanka Vadra questions too
There has been a panic in the Congress even after the Dhingra Commission report came out in Haryana. The name of Vadra’s wife Priyanka Vadra was also revealed in the scandal of corruption and forgery. Though Priyanka Vadra cleared this, but the truth is that the Dhingra Commission report gave information of more than 20 properties which Vadra and his companies had bought. One of these land was purchased by Skyline Hospitals Pvt Ltd from Omkareshwar Properties. According to the allegations, the property purchased from Omkareshwar was sold to DLF at a higher price after the change in land use and thus got a profit of Rs 50.50 crore. According to the report, did Robert Vadra use a portion of the money he got from DLF to buy his property in Faridabad in Haryana? The Commission has reported more than 20 such properties.
The important role of Nehru-Gandhi dynasty is to make corruption in the country, from Jawahar Lal to Robert Vadra.
Munda Scandal:
This case was highlighted by Feroze Gandhi, who Nehru wanted to settle with silence. He also tried to save the then finance minister TT Krishnamachari, but he had to quit the post eventually.
Maruti scam
In the year 1973, Sonia Gandhi was named as Maruti Technical Services Private Limited. Was made MD, though Sonia did not have the necessary technical qualifications for this.
Bofors scandal
The Bofors Company had given bribe $ 1.42 million to the big politicians and army officers of India to get a deal worth Rs 1,437 crore to get the Hovitzer gun deal. In this deal, Sonia Gandhi is also accused of being close to the family and Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi in Argentina.
National Herald case fraud racket
The Gandhi family is illegally charged with grabbing property of Associated Journals Limited (AJL), the parent company of the National Herald. Now in this case Income Tax Department has also got involved in Priyanka Gandhi’s involvement.
AgustaWestland scandal
In 2013, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her political secretary Ahmed Patel were accused of taking commission from Italy’s chopper company ‘Augusta Westland’.
Coal scam (2012) 1.86 lakh crore
2G scam (2008) 1.76 lakh crore
Maharashtra irrigation scam Rs 70,000 crore
Commonwealth scandal (2010) 35,000 crores
Scorpion submarine scam Rs 1,100 crores
AgustaWestland scam Rs 3,600 crore
Tatra Truck Scam (2012) 14 Crore
Now the family of Vadra has been added to the Gandhi family. That is why the Vadra family will not be able to say this with the Gandhi family or after that.