Smriti Irani Alleges Rahul-Priyanka's Involvement in Land Deal Corruption

Smriti Irani Alleges Rahul-Priyanka's Involvement  in Land Deal Corruption

Guwahati: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dragged Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi into alleged corruption involving land deals.

The BJP claims that the opposition party has come to define family corruption by institutionalizing graft.

According to a media report, Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani told that Robert Vadra is merely a mask in the controversial land deals and his brother-in-law is the real face.

Congress Chief Spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala, meanwhile, dismissed the allegations saying that facing imminent defeat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his favourites are resorting to levelling completely baseless and fake allegations.

Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Irani said that the country has come to know that Rahul Gandhi is also involved with Robert Vadra in this family package of corruption.

While referring to a report, the BJP leader claimed that Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi purchased land in a deal involving HL Pahwa who was raided by the Enforcement Directorate and Mahesh Kumar Nagar who also had a role in land transaction involving Robert Vadra.

She further stated that Pahwa was lent money by CC Thampi who is also friends with controversial arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari. She also claimed that Gandhi's opposition to a defence deal, an apparent reference to the Rafale transaction was due to his financial and family interests as he wanted a rival company to bag the contract.

Irani while answering to the question about the Minister Ananth Hegde's controversial comments against the Gandhi family, including Sonia Gandhi said that the query saying she had not heard his statement but added that she was at the receiving end of the same team Rahul Gandhi when it comes to commenting against women.

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