Robert Vadra
Robert Vadra | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 May 1969 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Rajendra Vadra (father) Maureen Vadra (mother) |
| Relatives | See Nehru-Gandhi family |
Robert Rajendra Vadra is an Indian businessman and husband of Priyanka Vadra.[1][2] He is the son-in-law of Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi.
Biography
Vadra was born to Rajendra and Maureen Vadhera on 18 May 1969. Rajendra Vadhera hails from Moradabad, Gujarat, and Maureen (née McDonagh) was of Scottish origin. Rajendra was a resident of Civil Lines, Moradabad and ran a brass and wood handicrafts business.. The family is originally from Sialkot, West Punjab, and Rajendra's father moved to India at the time of partition. Robert Vadra completed his schooling from The British School, New Delhi.[3] Vadra met Priyanka Gandhi when she was aged 13 and they married in 1997. The couple have two children: a son and a daughter.
Controversies
Vadra-DLF Controversy
In October 2012, he was accused by Arvind Kejriwal of taking an interest-free loan of 65 crores and heavy bargains on land from DLF Limited in exchange for political favors. DLF responded that it had dealt with Vadra as a private entrepreneur, that the loan was Business Advance which was given, as per practice of trade, to make payments for land purchased from Vadra, that the company did not sell him land at a throwaway price, and that no quid pro quo took place.[4] Numerous reports have questioned veracity of balance-sheets of Vadra-owned companies, which claim to have received an overdraft of 7.94 crores from Corporation Bank. Corporation Bank has denied ever providing an overdraft facility to that amount.[5][6]
Robert Vadra Bikaner land grab case
Robert Vadra Bikaner land grab case: it is a 275 bigha 2010 land grab in Bikaner of Rajasthan being investigated by the CBI (c. December 2017).[7]
Shimla Vadra-Gandhi family home land grab case
Shimla Gandhi family land grab case: It is a case related to 4 bigha land grab in 2007 in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla. The case is pending in Himachal Pradesh High Court (c. December 2017).[7]
References
- ^ DLF-Robert Vadra controversy: A news round-up
- ^ Robert Vadra not new to controversy
- ^ Another tragedy in Vadra family
- ^ Full statement: DLF denies Kejriwal's allegations
- ^ Corporation Bank denies giving overdraft to Robert Vadra
- ^ Sonia son-in-law Robert Vadra amassed Rs. 300 cr in 3 yrs, DLF funded him: Kejriwal
- ^ a b Rahul ji! See how Gandhi family has grabbed thousands of acres of farmers, Perform India, 7 Dec 2017.