Hyderabad: The Telangana unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has firmly dismissed Robert Vadra’s claims of “political vendetta” as baseless, irrelevant, and a tired tactic by the Congress ecosystem to distract from ongoing legal scrutiny and well-documented allegations of corruption.
In a statement issued today, N.V. Subash, Chief Spokesperson and Media In-Charge of BJP Telangana, slammed Vadra’s attempts to politicize a legal case that originated over a decade ago through a citizen’s complaint.
“Robert Vadra is neither a public representative nor a figure of political relevance. His only credential is being the son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi. It is laughable to suggest that a legal process triggered by a private individual’s complaint in 2012 is somehow orchestrated by the present Modi government,” Subash stated.
The case in question pertains to the controversial 3.5-acre land deal in Gurugram, Haryana, involving Skylight Hospitality, a company linked to Vadra. He was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and appeared at its headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday, this a week after initially refusing to comply with summons issued for April 8.
He said, this particular land deal is not an isolated incident. Vadra is currently under the scanner in two more high-profile money laundering cases, including one with alleged links to fugitive arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari. The legal foundations of these cases are not political vendettas but rooted in concrete complaints and registered FIRs.
According to the 2012 complaint lodged by Surinder Sharma, a resident of Mewat, Skylight Hospitality purchased land from Onkareshwar Properties for ₹7.5 crore in 2008 and subsequently sold it to DLF Universal Ltd—a DLF Group subsidiary—for a staggering ₹58 crore in 2012. The complaint alleges that the windfall was enabled through undue influence and irregular permissions granted by the then Congress-led Haryana government under Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
The BJP spokesperson said that the FIR suggests that Vadra’s company received commercial licenses to develop a residential colony on the parcel—an advantage allegedly secured through Hooda’s discretionary powers, as he also held the Town and Country Planning portfolio at the time.
Subash said, the matter also includes allegations of a quid pro quo arrangement, wherein the Congress-led state government later allotted 350 acres of land in Wazirabad, Gurugram, to DLF—land which reportedly yielded profits of ₹5,000 crore for the company.
In 2018, following years of investigation, a formal FIR was registered against Robert Vadra, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, DLF, and Onkareshwar Properties. Charges include criminal conspiracy, cheating, fraud, forgery, and violations under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Predictably, all accused parties—including the Congress leadership—have consistently denied any wrongdoing.
Subash emphasized that it is disingenuous and politically manipulative for Robert Vadra to now blame the current BJP-led government for merely allowing the judicial and investigative machinery to proceed. “The BJP has neither created this case nor interfered in it. The Congress leadership must answer the people of India, not cry wolf when summoned for due process. Vadra’s tactic of victimhood is both outdated and unconvincing,” he added.
Subhash further added that Robert Vadara had an eye on large chunk of lands in Hyderabad also with the help of then Congress Government in combined Andhra Pradesh.
The Telangana BJP has reiterated that no amount of posturing or media theatrics can shield the powerful from accountability. The party firmly believes that justice must prevail, regardless of an individual’s political lineage or familial connections.
As the nation watches closely, the BJP calls upon all institutions to continue the legal process without fear or favor and urges the media to focus on facts rather than fictional narratives of political persecution.
