New Delhi: BJP on Sunday hit back by bringing out a video and a booklet on alleged land deals of Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law by terming it as ‘Robert Vadra model of development’.
The six-page booklet titled ‘Damad (son-in-law) Shree’ refers to the alleged deals of Vadra in Rajasthan and Haryana.
“Someone talks about a big heart. Whose big heart helped Robert Vadra to establish his empire in such a short span with an initial investment of Rs one lakh,” he questioned. He was referring to Priyanka Gandhi’s dig at Modi that a 56-inch chest was not needed to run the country but a “big heart” and “moral strength”.
Prasad said except Priyanka, Congress has made no serious attempt to defend Vadra.
“We want to know whether it was dropped following a lot of inconsistencies found in land use,” he said.
In an apparent attack on Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, he said, “The Aravallis have been opened up for commercial use. Is there a Haryana Model of development along side the Vadra Model of development?”
He also alleged that Hooda and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot extended favours to Vadra to “protect” their chairs.
Asked as to why the present BJP government in Rajasthan was not taking action against Vadra, Prasad said BJP MPs from the state have flagged the issue and various district administrations are gathering facts.
“There will be no vendetta. The law will take its own course,” he said.
Prasad claimed that bureaucrats who helped Vadra in his deals were rewarded with plush postings.
“Someone who was an additional secretary in Haryana was made member of UPSC while secretaries to the government of India are sent to UPSC…,” he said.
