Lucknow:
The Allahabad High Court has admitted a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) demanding an inquiry by the Prime Minister's Office into the business deals between real estate company DLF and Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
The petition was filed on Tuesday by Nutan Thakur, who runs an NGO in Uttar Pradesh. The court has given the government three weeks to share its point-of-view. The case will be heard on November 21.
Additional Solicitor General Ashok Nigam strongly opposed the petition saying it was based on hearsay and was not admissible.
The allegations against Mr Vadra have been levelled by Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan, who launched their political party recently. At two press conferences in the last week, they have released documents that they say substantiate their charges. They say that Mr Vadra bought property worth crores of rupees between 2007 and 2010 with an "unsecured interest free loan" of Rs 65 crore given by DLF. They also claim that in return, the Congress government in Haryana allowed DLF to take over land that was reserved for public projects.
The Haryana government, Mr Vadra and DLF have dismissed the charges as baseless.
(With Inputs from PTI)