Lucknow: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday billed the allegations levelled against her son-in-law Robert Vadra of owning a house in London funded by an arms dealer as “yet another conspiracy of the BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party]-led government towards Congress-Mukt Bharat [[Congress-free India].”
Talking to reporters in Rae Bareli, her parliamentary constituency, Gandhi also slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he’s a PM, not an emperor.
Speaking further on the allegations against Vadra, who is married to her daughter Priyanka, Gandhi said people in BJP level new charges every day. She demanded a probe be undertaken if anyone was suspicious of her family.
Such an investigation, she added, would clear the air.
Senior BJP leader Kirit Somaiya on Monday sought detailed inquiry by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) into the alleged involvement of Vadra in the 2009 purchase of a ‘benami’ or a proxy-owned mansion in London.
About the massive event put up in New Delhi on the completion of two years of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, Gandhi said: “Our nation is facing drought, poverty, farmers are in pain. At these times, such a show is not appropriate.” The Congress chief is in her parliamentary constituency on a two-day tour.
Soon after her arrival, she inaugurated a Nagar Panchayat building, built at a cost of Rs3 million (Dh164,065) in Dalmau. Many local Congress leaders and party workers were present at the inauguration.
