-The Times of India The India Against Corruption (IAC) group led by Arvind Kejriwal levelled fresh charges againstRobert Vadra yesterday, pointing to a quid pro quo deal with real estate giant DLF for business on highly favourable terms. That came on top of earlier accusations that the large funds provided by DLF to Vadra facilitated lucrative deals, which allowed the latter to amass extensive real estate, in return for favours provided...
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Vadra: 'A little help from my friends'
-The Business Standard If Mr Vadra had to count his friends in the real estate business, they would be Corporation Bank, the Haryana government and DLF Robert Vadra, who is at the centre of a controversy over his property dealings with realty giant DLF and others, began investing in real estate five years ago, in 2007-08. He was already a wealthy man by then, not a struggling businessman who could scrape only...
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-The Times of India Two days after Prashant Bhushan and Arvind Kejriwal alleged that realty major DLF gave properties to Robert Vadra at grossly undervalued rates, Left parties on Monday demanded a probe into the dealings of the companies. About the delayed response, a senior CPM leader said, "Why should we react until we have ascertained facts? Moreover, all senior leaders were away in various parts of the country." The CPM politburo...
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-The Economic Times When Arvind Kejriwal, the rising enfant terrible of Indian politics, raised allegations about the rising fortunes of Robert Vadra on Friday, all of Congress' spokesmen and too many senior ministers went on television to defend party president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law. In sharp contrast to the rehearsed talking points and cultivated anguish that features in nightly debates, this time the emotion was genuine, the anger sharp. "This is not...
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-Outlook While some question my motives in seeking information on Rahul Gandhi's foreign trips, others say that parting with such information will jeopardize his security. Really? I am really puzzled by some of the responses to my RTI regarding Rahul Gandhi’s foreign trips. One set of persons have echoed the arguments used by Congress spokespersons Manish Tiwari and Jayanti Natarajan questioning my motives for demanding information that “violates the privacy of Rahul Gandhi.”...
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