The Congress Party yesterday challenged the government to order a probe after the Bharatiya Janata Party alleged links of party president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra with arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari.
“Modiji has been in power for 41 months. They (BJP) have governments in Haryana and Rajasthan, and can conduct any investigation into allegations against Vadra to come to a conclusion through a free and fair process of law of any wrongdoing,” Congress spokesman Randeep Singh said Surjewala at a news conference in Bengaluru.
“What prevents them from initiating an inquiry against Vadra if they have proof of any wrongdoing,” Surjewala asked.
Vadra put out a philosophical message on Facebook, saying: “I am capable, I am strong. If I believe in myself, I can turn my dreams into a plan, and my plan into my reality.”
On Tuesday, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman questioned the “silence” of the Congress leadership on the Vadra issue.
She was referring to media reports about reported links between Vadra and Bhandari, who has fled to the UK.
Times Now news channel had claimed to have accessed e-mails to establish that Vadra was in touch with Bhandari.
Congress leader Randeep Surjewala addresses a press conference in Bengaluru yesterday.
