Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: Reiterating allegations of corruption under patronage in land deals of Sonia Gandhi`s son-in-law, BJP national spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the Congress is misleading the nation on Robert Vadra.
Hitting out at Congress, Sitharaman asked the Congress why its silent on the Robert Vadra issue.
The BJP is asking questions on Vadra in the public interest. It is time for Congress president (Sonia Gandhi) and vice president (Rahul Gandhi) to answer, said Sitharaman. Commenting on Congress` claim that the BJP has found “nothing” against Vadra in Rajasthan and it should file FIR, Sitharaman said that the BJP could not move ahead because model code of conduct is in place in the dessert state in the wake of ongoing General Elections.
"Once the model code of conduct is lifted, the government will probe all the instances of malpractices during the Ashok Gehlot government. Every one of them will be investigated and action will be taken, and that includes Vadra."
"It is not a matter of vendetta, but it is an electoral promise of our government in Rajasthan," the BJP`s spokesperson said.
Notably, the BJP has claimed that land acquisitions by Vadra`s firms had flouted several laws, including the Land Acquisition Act in Congress-ruled Haryana and in Rajasthan where the party was earlier in power.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has been accusing Vadra of making "unscrupulous" land deals.
The BJP has also released a video and a six-page booklet - "Damad shree the Vadra `get-rich-quick` model" - on Vadra`s land deals. The video made repeated attacks at Vadra and said the people will not forgive the Congress in the Lok Sabha election. The booklet posed several queries to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi on Vadra`s land deals and asked them to come clean.