BJP trying to victimise Vadra, says Congress president

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday came to the defence of her son-in-law Robert Vadra over allegations of links with a controversial arms dealer and buying a house in London. 

Sonia said the attack on Vadra was part of the BJP’s “conspiracy” to fulfil its objective of “Congress-mukt Bharat” (Congress free India).

Sonia, who was on a two-day visit to her Lok Sabha constituency of Raebareli, also sought to link Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the attack on Vadra and dared him to investigate the allegations impartially to ascertain the truth.

She also attacked Modi for holding “shows” at a time, when the country was facing drought and the farmers were in distress.

‘Modi not king’“Maine pehle aisa nahin dekha...Modi pradhan mantri hain, shenshah nahin” (I have never seen anything like this...Modi is prime minister not a king), the Congress president said in an informal chat with reporters after taking part in a programme in her Parliamentary constituency of Raebareli.

“This is all part of a conspiracy to push for Congress-mukt Bharat....they come up with one or the other allegations every day...let there be an impartial investigation and the truth will come out,” she said.

‘Cong-free India’“Congress-mukt Bharat ka matlab kya hai” (what do they mean by Congress free India), Sonia sought to know. “There is poverty in the country...we are facing drought and the farmers are in distress but the government is busy holding shows,” the Congress president said in an apparent reference to the celebrations in New Delhi recently following completion of the NDA government’s two years in office.

Earlier in the day, Sonia took part in several programmes in Raebareli and met a cross-section of the people.