Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra said he is being used for “political gains”, adding that baseless accusations were levelled against him by “governments” for “almost a decade”.
“They cannot prove anything without proof n there is nothing there to prove… Almost a decade of governments false and baseless accusations on me!,” Vadra said in a post on Facebook on Thursday.
“I will always be used for political gains, I know … But I will walk with my head held high as in time and with the truth, which will conquer incorrect perceptions, created! about me,” he added.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had on Tuesday issued a notice to Skylight Hospitality, a firm linked to Robert Vadra, to seek some financial statements and other documents under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The ED notice came after the central probe agency on May 5 carried out raids at eight locations in Bikaner and its nearby areas in Kolayat region.
At the same time, the Justice SN Dhingra Commission enquiry report into controversial land deals in Haryana is likely to be submitted soon.
The one-man Dhingra commission was set up by the BJP government in Haryana in May 2015 to probe controversial land deals in Haryana, including Vadra’s land deals.
The Congress, however, demanded that Justice Dhingra should either resign or recuse himself, accusing him of seeking favours with the Haryana government.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls and Haryana assembly polls in 2014, the BJP had made Vadra’s land deal a poll issue. In May, 2015, the BJP’s Manohar Lal Khattar-led government in Haryana set up the Dhingra Commission.
