Justice Dhingra report confirms irregularities in Vadra land deal, BJP-Congress tussle begins

New Delhi: Justice S N Dhingra submitted a detailed report on the alleged involvement of Robert Vadra in a land deal scam on Wednesday, Congress –BJP has started a political tussle. It is to be noted that Justice S N Dhingra-led inquiry commission, which was probing a scam involving the grant of licences for Change in Land Use (CLU) in four villages of Gurgaon, including the licence granted to the company Sky Light Hospitality Private Limited owned by Robert Vadra, Congress party president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law, today submitted its report to Haryana Government.

After submitting his report to the Haryana Government, Justice Dhingra said that his mandate was to inquire about irregularities in grant of licenses and he has brought to light the manner in which irregularities were committed and the people behind it. He also said that if there was no irregularity, then he wouldn’t have submitted a 182-page report.

BJP says Dhingra Commission confirmed corruption in Vadra's land deals

BJP today said that Justice Dhingra Commission report has confirmed corruption in land deals of Robert Vadra during the previous Congress government in Haryana led by Bhupender Singh Hooda. Talking to media persons, BJP spokesperson Shrikant Sharma said there was no basis for Congress' allegation that it was a political vendetta. He said, if anybody's integrity was questionable, it was Congress and not the commission.

Sole intent behind Dhingra commission to defame Vadra, says Congress

Addressing mediapersons here, AICC media in charge Randeep Singh Surjewala said even before submission of report, selective portions were leaked to the press by the Manohar Lal Khattar government, BJP and even the Commission itself to defame Mr Vadra. "The Centre and the state government have run a political agenda of vendetta and revenge for years together purely to slander and vilify. Constitution of Dhingra Commission was a mere cog in that wheel of malicious witch-hunt, propagated by BJP,'' Mr Surjewala said. The Congress leader said various state governments awarded licences for 33,697 acres of land, including over 11000 acres in Gurgaon but the commission was asked to inquire only 16 cases, because Skylight Hospitality, belonging to Mr Vadra, had a licence for a 2.7 acre property in the same.

Vadra's lawyer says client not given a chance to be heard

As Justice S N Dhingra today submitted a detailed report on the  alleged involvement of Robert Vadra in a land deal scam, his lawyer Suman Khaitan said his client, Mr Vadra was innocent and neither he nor his representatives were summoned by the Commission. Suman Khaitan said they were asked to submit some documents before the Commission, which they did, but thereafter, the commission did not ask them for any questioning. Indicting them without giving any opportunity to be heard was against the principles of natural justice, he said He also raised questions over naming the report after his client. He also raised question for not calling bureaucrat Ashok Khemka before the Commission to record his statement.