Track2Realty: In fresh allegations, activist-turned politician Arvind Kejriwal has termed the deals between DLF and Robert Vadra as ‘illicit’ and says he stands by his accusations against them. Arvind Kejriwal continued his offensive against Robert Vadra, DLF and the Congress Government in Haryana. Alleging that the Haryana Government had given undue benefits to DLF, Kejriwal said that the Punjab and Haryana High Court had pointed at a “malafide nexus” between the two.
India Against Corruption (IAC) member Kejriwal alleged that the Haryana Government had allotted over three-acre of land meant for hospital to DLF to set up a Special Economic Zone (SEZ). He went on to say that Vadra was given as much as 50 per cent of stake in DLF’s SEZ company after one year.
He further alleged that the Haryana Government manipulated the bidding process saying that the bids given by Unitech and Country Heights were not opened. Kejriwal also said that forest land was also given to the construction major by the state government.
Kejriwal said that the amount of unsecured loan given by DLF to Vadra, which he had earlier claimed to be Rs 65 crore, was actually Rs 85 crore. The activist-turned-politician added that he was constantly getting letters and proofs from several people after his previous press conference.
This comes days after Kejriwal had alleged that DLF had given unsecured loan of Rs 65 crore to Vadra. He had questioned the rise in Vadra’s assets from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 300 crore.
Both Vadra and DLF have, however, denied the allegations. Vadra on Monday night shut down his account on social networking site Facebook the controversy as Kejriwal questioned the rise in his fortune. The former closed down his account. According to reports, Vadra was unhappy with somebody making a controversy out of a light comment made by him in a post on Facebook on Monday. Vadra had reportedly written on his Facebook page “mango people in a banana republic”, but later deleted it. Kejriwal also slammed Vadra for his “Mango people” remark. Vadra has reportedly communicated to some of his friends that he will open a new account on the Facebook soon in which he will include only his closed-ones in the friend list.
The IAC has demanded an apology from Vadra saying the comment on ‘banana republic’ was an insult to the country. Taking a dig, Kejriwal also responded to Vadra’s Facebook post, by tweeting, “Evidence pouring in from mango men from across the country. Mango men would prove to be nemesis for the ‘powerful’.” Vadra ultimately deleted his Facebook account.
