Robert Vadra and DLF accused of illicit links by Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi: Activist turned politician Arvind Kejriwal along with lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan targeted Robert Vadra in a press conference today.

Here are the highlights of the press conference:

Arvind Kejriwal:

• Why did DLF give Rs 65 crore loan to Robert Vadra without any interest?
• He bought DLF properties with that money...at discounted rates.
• What benefit did Vadra provide to Congress for this?
• He bought Rs 65 crore property for Rs 5 crore. So how did DLF benefit? There are many questions.
• There are four penthouses in one DLF property in Gurgaon.
• He brought these through a maze of five companies.
• We have details of 12 companies registered in the past few years - six registered in 2012 alone.
• A penthouse sold in 2009 for Rs 89 lakh - whose market value was Rs 25 crore then, and is now at least Rs 40 crore.
• There has been no business in all the companies in the past three years.
• So DLF wanted to give Rs 300 crore, companies were formed on paper for that.
  
• Obviously DLF got some benefits - some clearances they got sooner than others would. 
• All these transactions are in Congress-ruled states - Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi.
• Who will investigate them - CBI, Income Tax are too small as departments to take these people on.
• Will we go to the court for everything?
• We have a legal remedy - but will the courts run this country?
• What will the CBI, Income Tax departments do then?
  

Prashant Bhushan:

• He invested Rs 50 lakh, got property worth Rs 300 crore and their market value is Rs 500 crore now.
• DLF gives them unsecured loans - from that money they buy a 50 per cent share in a DLF hotel, and use that money to buy various DLF properties.
• So DLF is giving them money to transfer properties worth crores at throwaway prices - that too the money was given as an unsecured loan by DLF.
• Why should DLF do this? We know DLF has got land in Haryana where there is Congress Government, also in Delhi.
• Prima facie these are charges under Prevention of Corruption Act and Income Tax Act.
• Which agency independent of the government can do an honest investigation?
• Is DLF giving them properties so that they get benefits through the Haryana and Delhi government?
• Who is going to investigate this? Is there black money involved?
• Our investigation is just based on documents from registrar of companies.
• We must compel the government to conduct an investigation into the matter.
• This is a big scam by Robert Vadra and his mother.
• You cannot shift the attention of this country from corruption.
• No department has the courage to investigate such a powerful and influential person impartially.
• There is no need for an inquiry, this is a fit case for taking action.
• But the question is who will take action?