-The Hindu Robert Vadra may be the most talked about property developer in Haryana but the emergence of links between the man who sold Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law his first plot of land and Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has shone a spotlight on the crucial role played by the Congress-run government in turning realty in the State into a business worth thousands of crores of rupees. Records of all licences granted...
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The new political nexus-Sucheta Dalal
-MoneyLife.in If you were wondering why most of the recent major cases of corruption have not been exposed by opposition parties, especially the BJP, now you have the answer: they are all in it together. I am ready for any inquiry,” repeated Nitin Gadkari on every television channel where he brazenly defended the dubious shell companies and land allotment that propelled the growth of his ballooning ‘social entrepreneurship’. The irony is that Nitin...
More »A price has to be paid, and has to be seen to be paid, if mainstream political parties are to recover ground-Ashok Malik
-Tehelka By brazening it out against graft allegations, our netas are mocking common decencies. IT IS extremely unlikely that India Against Corruption, or the political arm it has promised, will win too many votes or even a single seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. It goes without saying though that at the current juncture, it is winning a perception and media battle against the political class. Each time a politician is...
More »Hooda government yet to implement Ashok Khemka’s cancellation order on Vadra-DLF deal
-The Times of India CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government has still not implemented the order of whistleblower IAS officer Ashok Khemka, cancelling the mutation of Robert Vadra-DLF land deal on October 15. And now Gurgaon deputy commissioner PC Meena has sought advice from the Hooda government on Khemka's order, which claimed the mutation was not sanctioned by a "competent" authority. Meena, in his letter, has also justified the land deal and claimed...
More »Guess who paid for Vadra’s Bikaner land? DLF again by Vivek Kaul
-Firstpost.com The floodgates seem to have opened when it comes to news reporting on Robert Vadra and his real estate dealings. DNA today reported that “In a flurry of deals between June 2009 and August 2011, Robert Vadra purchased at least 20 plots of land collectively measuring more than 770 hectares in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district, in a region that would see prices spiraling soon after.” According to the newspaper, “A clutch of...
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