Robert Vadra links ED summon to BJP’s ‘vendetta’ over his political entry wish: ‘People love me’

Businessman and Congress Member of Parliament Priyanka Gandhi’s spouse Robert Vadra visited the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in Delhi on Tuesday for interrogation regarding a money laundering case associated with a land deal.

The summons arrives one day after Robert Vadra indicated his readiness to enter politics, stating that if the Congress party believes he should make that move, he would proceed with his family’s support.

According to sources familiar with the situation, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law, a Congress leader, regarding a property transaction in Shikohpur village of Gurugram, Haryana.

Officials indicated that this marks the first occasion Robert Vadra has been summoned in this matter, originating from a First Information Report (FIR) filed by the Haryana Police in 2018. The ED then started its own inquiry following the FIR.

While addressing media inquiries at the ED office on Tuesday, Robert Vadra expressed his hope for “a resolution today” in what he termed a case with “nothing.” He described the summons as a “political vendetta” orchestrated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), implying that it aims to hinder his political ambitions.

“We told the ED we were organising our documents, I am always ready to be here… I hope there’s a conclusion today. There is nothing in the case… When I speak in favor of the country, I am stopped, Rahul is stopped from speaking in the Parliament. BJP is doing it. This is a political vendetta. People love me and want me to join politics…,” news agency quoted Robert Vadra as saying on Tuesday.

“When I express my willingness to join politics, they bring up old issues to bring me down and divert from the real issues… There is nothing in the case. I have been summoned 15 times and interrogated for more than 10 hours every time for the last 20 years. Organising 23,000 documents is not easy,” Vadra added.

The case involves a land transaction from February 2008, when Vadra’s firm, Skylight Hospitality Pvt Ltd, purchased a 3.5-acre plot in Shikohpur from Onkareshwar Properties for ₹7.5 crore. It is alleged that the mutation of the land was completed within just 25 hours.