Sonia attacks govt over charges against Vadra

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She dared the government to order an impartial probe and added that the truth will come out. On a visit to her Parliamentary constituency, Gandhi was asked by newsmen on reports citing a probe by Income Tax department into transactions of an arms dealer and his links with Vadra, especially with regard to ownership of a house in central London.

“This is a conspiracy for Congress-free country. What is the meaning of Congress-free India? Every day they make new excuses. They level false charges. If there is something, then there should be an impartial probe. Everything will become clear,” she said.

News reports on Tuesday quoted from purported papers seized by the IT department during searches last month on the arms dealer’s premises that allegedly led to a trail of emails between Vadra and his assistant on the one hand and the dealer’s aide on the other regarding the purchase of a  London house for approximately Rs 19 crore in 2009 which was subsequently said to have been sold. Vadra’s legal firm have denied that he owned the London property directly or indirectly. It also denied Vadra has any business ties with Bhandari or his aide.

BJP hits back at Sonia over Vadra’s defence

Hitting back at Sonia Gandhi for her defence of son-in-law Robert Vadra, BJP ON Tuesday said it has exposed the ‘farce’ that he was merely a private citizen and took a dig at her over her ‘Shahenshah’ jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying people had sent the emperors packing in the 2014 polls.

It also mocked the Congress  chief’s dare to the government to order a probe into the accusations against Vadra, saying the Opposition party has dubbed such enquiries as vendetta earlier.

“The Congress chief’s comments have exposed this farce that Vadra is merely a private citizen. It has established that he is the Gandhi family and the Gandhi family is him. When we do probe, then Congress quickly dismisses it as vendetta. BJP wonders why she is so rattled over some questions being asked about Vadra over some media reports,” its national secretary Shrikant Sharma said.