Robert Vadra involved in onion deal, opposition to rock Parliament
Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law, Robert Vadra has purchased 50,000 tons of onion at Rs 15 per kg yesterday, said sources in the Congress Party. The shocking news is likely to rock Parliament for next entire session, possibility of hauling important bills like Food Security.
"Robert purchased 50 thousand tons of onion for Rs 15 per kg yesterday when the market rate was around Rs 80 per kg and expected to go at least to Rs 100 per kg from D L Falero, a Gurgaon based onion trader," said a senior leader of Congress Party, requesting his name to keep confidential.
The leader said that Vadra will sell onion step by step in next few months at an average of Rs 100 per kg. The onion has kept in the godowns of Food Corporation of India (FCI) for free of cost, using his contacts. According to the leader, D L Falero provided an unsecured loan to Robert for purchasing the onion.
The leader said "We are not aware about the real reason for selling onion at such a low rate to Robert plus providing loan to purchase it."
According to sources, Vadra used contacts of Sonia Gandhi for purchasing the onion at almost free of cost. The sources also added that CAG has already seized accounts of D L Falero and found that D L Falero has given an unsecured loan of Rs 75 lakhs to Vadra at free of cost. The CAG has estimated that windfall gains from onion deal will be at least Rs 425 crore.
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The development will rock the Parliament and outside Parliament as both BJP and Aam Aadmi Party are going to protest against Vadra and Congress President.
"I can't believe that Damadji is involved in onion deal. We will raise this issue in the Parliament," said Sushma Swaraj, opposition leader of Lok Sabha.
Aam Aadmi Party Supremo, Arvind Kejriwal said "I will go through all the news papers. Collect the data for next month and after 6 months we will make a shocking news that Robert Vadra was involved in onion deal."
