Cong protest in reaction to probe into Vadra's land deals: BJP

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Nov 03 2015 | 7:02 PM IST
BJP today sought to link Congress leaders' march to the Rashtrapati Bhawan with the probe into controversial land deals involving Robert Vadra, claiming that the party started this "farce of a protest" in reaction to investigation "reaching the doorsteps" of the Gandhi family.
"This is not an ordinary march. This march is happening when you are going to get caught and investigation has come to your doorstep. Knowing very well that within a few days your story will be over and people of this country will know that you stand for corruption and corruption alone, you have started this farce of a march," BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said at a press conference here while hitting out at Congress.
Patra, along with another party spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao, brought up the recent Enforcement Directorate raid on the premises of a company linked to the controversial land transaction of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law to allege that the march was a reflection of the party's "intolerance to the ongoing probe".
Vadra, they alleged, bought chunk of government land in Bikaner through fictitious names and a shell company.
Law is taking its course and the course of law will take its time but it will do justice, Patra said.
"When India is marching ahead, the Congress chief was leading a 'retrograde march'," he alleged.
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First Published: Nov 03 2015 | 7:02 PM IST

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