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  • On Robert Vadra, Allegations Verified

     

    There are lots of information on Robert Vadra and I have posted an article on Robert Vadra’s 2.3 Billions, Pakistani origin, Full Story.

     

    There is a reply by Robert Vadra, of course, denying all.

     

    What exactly is the position?

    This is an alleged list of Robert Vadra's Comapanies
    AllegedList of Robert Vadra’s Companies
    Robert Vadra's Dubious deals,
    Questions for Robt Vadra

     

    Hoax Slayer analyses.

     

    Allegations and analysis.

     

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    Robert Vadra, along with his mother Maureen Vadra, owns a company called Sky Light Hospitality Pvt Ltd, which is a partner in a partnership firm that owns business hotel Hilton Garden Inn in South Delhi, along with DLF Hotel Holdings and others. This happened in March, 2011 as Robert Vadra made a low-key entry into Real estate business with the association of DLF.

    Vadra told Economic Times, “The Hilton Garden Inn Hotel in Saket is a small business hotel. I have interest in hospitality and am happy to be part of the hotel. I have known the DLF people for a long time and they are friends of mine. I had wanted to invest in real estate and one thing led to another. Right now, I can only be part of a small hotel. If I were taking favours from people I would be doing far bigger things. But I am doing this on my own. I can’t expand immediately but I hope to expand a few years down the line.”

    There have been allegations from Indian politicians that Robert Vadra has links to Commonwealth games scam, because DLF was a major contractor of the Commonwealth games that were held in India in 2010. This is not yet proved. Recently, Arvind Kejriwal of India against corruption claimed that DLF gave generous loans up to 65 crores to Vadra companies, some without collateral. Arvind Kejriwal and the opposition party BJP demanded the government to probe into these corrupt property deals and the possible benefits Robert Vadra may have received. You can read the complete list of their accusations against Robert Vadra here.

    Following these accusations, Robert Vadra responded saying:

    “I am a private law abiding citizen who has been engaged in business over the last 21 years. The allegations levelled against me by Shri Kejriwal and Shri Bhushan are utterly false, entirely baseless and defamatory. My business transactions are fully reflected in financial statements filed before appropriate government authorities in compliance with the law. They are available in the public domain to anyone interested in knowing the truth. I am saddened by the attempt of Shri Kejriwal and Shri Bhushan to deliberately misrepresent numbers contained in my financial statements, manufacture lies and malign my family in order to gain cheap publicity for them and for the launch of their political party.”

    DLF explained:

    “At no stage was a interest free loan ever given to the Skylight group. There were two sets of Business Advances against purchase of property, one of which amounting to Rs. 50 crores resulted in a satisfactory conclusion of purchase of commercial land and the second advance of Rs. 15 crores was fully refunded.”

    You can read their complete explanation here.

    The government ruled out their appeal to probe into business dealings between Robert Vadra and the realty giant DLF, while IAC claim to fight further and BJP Party is keen to raise the issue in Parliament.

    The allegations linking Robert Vadra with IPL, DLF and Kolkata Knight Riders started after a press release of Dr.Subramanian Swamy, President of the Janata Party of India, in 2010, linking the controversy in IPL bidding to Congress MP Mr. Rajiv Shukla, who is also the Chairman of BCCI’s Finance Committee. You can read it here. This is not yet proved.

    Subramanian Swamy has also charged Union home minister P Chidambaram and Robert Vadra with involvement in the multi-crore 2G Spectrum scam. Below is his quote:

    “Vadra has 20% stake in Unitech, one of the telecom operators which benefited through the allocation of second generation mobile telephony spectrum by former union minister A Raja. He is the beneficiary of illegal payments generated through the spectrum scam and Commonwealth Games contracts.”

    But this is not yet proved.

    Priyanka Gandhi Vadra along with her husband Robert Vadra was a director in less known charter services provider called Blue Breeze Trading. IAC team alleges that this company received corporate favours in the form of inter-corporate loans. Also, the financial transactions of this company are reportedly not transparent. You can read all about it here.

    Ottavio Quattrocchi is an Italian businessman who was criminally charged for bribes in Bofors scandal until early 2009 in India. You can read all about him and the controvertial dealing of bofors scandal here. There were speculations that Ottavio Quattrocchi came close to Rajiv Gandhi through his wife Sonia Gandhi, and Ottavio Quattrocchi’s financier son, Massimo Quattrocchi, is believed to be a childhood friend of Sonia Gandhi’s children Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi. It is believed that Robert Vadra met Priyanka Gandhi through his alleged expatriate friend Ottavio Quattrocchi. The links between Quattrocchi and Sonia and Rajiv Gandhi were also brought into light by one of the press releases of Dr. Subramanian Swamy, claiming to show related proofs as well. You can read it here – press release dated 15, April 2011, point numbers 15, 20, 21, 22. But these links are not yet proved.

    It is a fact that Robert Vadra has special privilege of not to be frisked at civil airports along with president of India and other VVIPs. In the image section, you can see a picture of the order of Indian Bureau of Civil Aviation Security showing Robert Vadra’s name at last. When a group called RTI Anonymous filed an RTI questioning this special privilege given to Robert Vadra, the ministry of RTI replied saying that this exemption is because he is a “special case”.

    Citation .

    Robert Vadra Allegations analysis, HoazxSlayer

     

     

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  • Rahul Gandhi Partied After Mumbai Attack

    Rahul Gandhi stuttered, stammered and blundered hos way through the TimesNow Interview recently.

    Terror strikes Mumbai 2008
    Mumbai Terror Attack

    His insensitive remarks on the killing spree of Sikhs after the assassination of Indira Gandhi and his refusal to condemn openly the likes of Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler made one wince.

    I tried to find out what Rahul Gandhi was doing at the time of Mumbai Terror Attack.

    This is what he was doing, the would be PM of India,If , and a Big If, the party comes to power in India!

    Note that it is not a rag sheet but India Today.

    Even before the tears of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan’s mother could dry up, Congress general secretary and heir apparent Rahul Gandhi went partying with his pals at a farmhouse on Delhi’s outskirts.

    The Prince partied hard, till 5 in the morning, on Sunday at the ‘sangeet’ for the forthcoming wedding of Samir Sharma, his childhood friend. They were at a sprawling farmhouse at Radhey Mohan Chowk, the haven of people who lead charmed lives beyond Chhatarpur.

    Just a day earlier, his sister Priyanka Vadra had caused a flutter by saying the late Indira Gandhi would have “made us very proud” by the way she would have reacted to the Mumbai terror strikes. Mumbai appeared to be far from her brother’s mind as he boogied at the farmhouse with Samir Sharma, US-based furniture designer son of Captain Satish Sharma, the late Rajiv Gandhi’s flying partner who nursed the First Family’s pocketborough, Rae Bareli, till Sonia Gandhi chose to contest from there in 2004.

    The Prince seemed to be completely out of sync with the mood of the nation post-26/11. Since Wednesday night, officials have been cancelling parties they were meant to host and even restaurants called off special events.

    Saturday night’s ‘sangeet’ was a lavish affair. It was hosted by Leena Musafir, sister of the woman with whom Samir is getting married, and her husband Inder. The party was attended by over 800 guests, including regulars at Page 3 dos. “When everyone is cancelling parties or just keeping them low-key, Rahul Gandhi had no business to be celebrating. His action makes us lose faith in future leaders,” said Ajay Bahl, a leading corporate lawyer who was trapped in the thick of the action on 26/11 at The Oberoi, Mumbai, but managed to escape with the help of the hotel staff.

    The Gandhis, including Sonia Gandhi’s mother Paola Maino, were present in strength at the 2004 wedding of Samir’s sister, Sarika, who is married to actorturned- TV producer Rahul Bhatt. Sarika and Rahul now manage a television production house.

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  • NO Airport ‘Security Check’ For Robert Vadra, Why?

    The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security has created a record of sorts by according special privilege to Robert Vadra, which entails him to walk in and out of any Indian airports without being subject to any security check. Only the President of India, Vice-President and a handful of other top dignitaries were accorded this rare distinction.  

    As a concerned citizen, I would like to know from the Government as to what was the special quality in Mr. Vadra that merited this rare honor. The government has no right to go in for such largesse that concerns with the security of the general public just for pleasing the son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi.

    Exemption form Pre- embarkation Security Checks -Robert Vadra-jpg.
    Exemption form Pre- embarkation Security Checks-AVSEC Order 06’2009

     

    Thanks: Raghuraman,pratikraj007.wordpress.com.

     

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  • DLF Robert Vadra -II, Borrows At Interest Lends Free, Docs.

    Update. 8 March, 2013.

    While the Government tried to brush aside charges for the past 4 months, new evidence has surfaced about Robert Vadar’s suspicious activities.

    Headlines  Today reports.

     

    “Robert Vadra’s land deals in Haryana have turned murkier with new evidence suggesting hard cash transactions were made in the guise of a property purchase.

    A Headlines Today investigation has unearthed documents which raise suspicion over the authenticity of Vadra’s land deals and the validity of the clean chit given to him by a three-member probe panel appointed by the Haryana government in October last year.

    Between 2005 and 2006, Vadra struck four land deals with one agriculturist – Harbans Lal Pahwa – buying a total of 46 acres land in Amipur village in Faridabad district, only to sell it back to Pahwa at a premium five years later.

     

    Vadra signed the land deals overlooking the Haryana Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1972, which states that one person or family can buy a maximum of 26.9 acres of agricultural land in the state.

    On September 8, 2005, Vadra bought 12 acres of land in Amipur village from Pahwa for over Rs 32 lakh. On January 13, 2006,he bought 19 acres from Pahwa for Rs 54 lakh.

    On April 14, 2006, Vadra acquired 10 more acres of land from the same land dealer for Rs 30 lakh. On April 28, 2006, Vadra’s wife Priyanka Gandhi struck a deal with Pahwa for 5 acres in Amipur for Rs 15 lakh.

    Pahwa bought the land in three installments in 2010, bearing a loss of about Rs 2.5 crore. The transaction triggered suspicion about Pahwa’s connection with Vadra, and the relationship fell under scrutiny when Headlines Today dug up Vadra’s balance sheets.

    The investigation team came across a curious figure of Rs 1.55 crore against the name of Harbans Lal Pahwa.

    Documents in the possession of Headlines Today show Pahwa’s company, Carnival Intercontinental Estate Pvt Ltd, had given a loan of Rs 1. 55 crore to Vadra’s company, Skylight Hospitality.

    Pahwa also held a directorship in Vadra’s company, Real Earth, for over a year between February 2008 and March 2009″

    Copy of the Cheque issued by Robert Vadra
    Copy of the Cheque issued by Robert Vadra

    (via The Mail Online).

    Just how and where from DLF lend Robert Vadra?

    It is evident from Records of DLF it had huge debts,yet lent Robert Vadra free of interest the money it had borrowed at 12.8.%/a.

    Finance Minister P.Chidambaram, while ruling out an enquiry into Robert Vadra’s dealings, stated that ‘no enquiry can be instituted on the basis of insinuations”

    Is this insinuation not borne and substantiated by the facts mentioned above?

    The Affairs of DLF.

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    Here is a company which analysts believe should be cutting down on its debt by around Rs 9,000 crore, and it has been giving out interest-free loans to an individual with zero or very little experience in running a real estate business. Reuters

    “The company has recently been accused by Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan of giving interest free loans amounting to Rs 65 crore to Robert Vadra. Vadra is  married to Priyanka Vadra, daughter of Sonia ‘…..

    Kejriwal and Bhushan have released documents which clearly show that companies set up by Vadra borrowed money from DLF and then used that money to buy properties from DLF, among other things…

    Please Down load from scirbd.com

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/109092002/Press-Release-English

     

    “According to a tweet on the Twitter handle of news channel NDTV, DLF has said that their dealings with Vadra have been completely transparent. Vadra, on his part, had explained his relationship with DLF to The Economic Times in March 2011. “I have a good understanding with DLF. Our children are friends, we are friends. They are seasoned businessmen. They are not daft. They are educated, sensible people and are reasonable and shrewd in their business. They don’t need me to enhance them. They’ve existed for years,” Vadra had said. (You can read the complete story here)….

    As per an analyst presentation (dated 6 August 2012) made by DLF, the gross debt of the company stands at a whopping Rs 25,060 crore as on 30 June 2012. At the end of 31 March 2012, the gross debt had stood at Rs 25,066 crore. (You can access it here).

    The annual report of DLF points out “the company’s borrowings from banks and others have a effective weighted average rate of 12.38 percent per annum, calculated using the interest rates effective as on 31 March 2012 for the respective borrowings.”

    So what this means is that the company had debt outstanding of Rs 25,066 crore as on 31 March and was paying an interest of 12.38 percent on that debt. The debt outstanding as on 30 June 2012 had not changed much and was at Rs 25,060 crore. It is fair to assume that over a period of three months the interest rate on the debt outstanding wouldn’t have changed significantly.

    What is also interesting is that during 2011-2012 (i.e. the period between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2012), the sales of the company stood at Rs 4,582.67 crore. This means that the debt of the company is nearly 5.5 times its annual sales, which is extremely high.

    The question that DLF needs to answer is that why is a company which has such huge outstanding debts, paying an interest of 12.38 percent per year on it, giving out interest-free loans? Also it seems to have been having trouble in bringing down its outstanding debt. The outstanding debt between March and June 2012 has gone down by only Rs 6 crore.

    The company has been trying to bring down the debt by selling investments that it had made over the last few years. It recently sold a plot that it owned in Lower Parel in Central Mumbai to Lodha Developers for Rs 2,750 crore. The company has been trying to sell several of its other investments over the last few years..’..

    Robert Vadra's Deals.
    Robert Vadra’s Deals.

    http://www.firstpost.com/business/dlf-borrows-money-at-12-38-lends-free-to-vadra-481727.html

    “Independent directors of DLF have said the controversial transactions between Robert Vadraand India’s largest realty firm were not discussed by the board and if allegations of easy loans and cheap deals are proved, they should be probed.

    “The matter was not flagged off at any board meeting. We have not come across any such instance where favours have been done. It’s not come to our notice. It is not possible to look at each and every sale transaction. But we try to ensure that all transactions are done at market prices,” said KN Memani, an independent director at DLF, and former chairman of Ernst & Young India”.

    http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/dlf-independent-directors-in-the-dark-over-robert-vadra-deals/articleshow/16715801.cms

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  • Robert Vadra,Pakistan Origin,2.3 Billion, Full Story

    Updated on 28 April, 2014,

     

    Consequent to Narendra Modis’ blistering attacke on Rabert Vadra on Corruption,Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi attacked Modi on his selling of

    Gujarat Lands at Rs.one/acre.

     

     

     

     

    BJP retalitaed by releasing a CD on Robert Vadras’ scams.

     

    Priyanka Gandhi upped the ante by calling BJP as r’eacting like panic stricken rats’

     

     

     

    Robert Vadra , is the husband of Priyanka Gandhi,daughter of Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi,

    “Robert Vadra was born to Rajendra and Maureen Vadra on 18 April 1969. Rajendra Vadra hails from Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh and Maureen was of Scottish origin (her maiden name was McDonagh).

     

    Rajendra was a resident of Civil Lines area of Moradabad and ran a brass and wood handicrafts business.

     

    The Vadra family has claimed to be a supporter of the Congress Party but Rajendra’s older brother, Om Prakash, had donated his property to a trust in Moradabad. The family is originally from Sialkot, Pakistan, and Rajendra’s father moved to India at the time of partition.

     

    Robert had two siblings, Richard and Michelle.

     

    Vadra was estranged from his father, who had “expressed displeasure” with Robert’s marriage with Priyanka Vadra

     

    Robert Vadra issued a public notice in 2001, stating that his father, Rajender, and brother, Richard, were “duping” people by promising jobs at the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee and other favours. Rajendra later threatened to file a defamation suit against his son.

     

    The Vadra family has witnessed various tragedies. Robert’s sister Michelle died in a car accident in April 2001. His brother Richard committed suicide in 2003.[1] Robert Vadra’s father, Rajendra Vadra, reportedly died of a heart attack in 2009 although some sources reported it as a suicide.”

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    Robert Vadra.

    Robert Vadra net worth: Overnight multi-billionaire Robert Vadra has an estimated net worth of a staggering $2.1 Billion.

     

    The 42 year old gained his net worth after his marriage to Indian politician Priyanka Gandhi.

     

    Vadra met Priyanka Gandhi at a mutual friend’s house and in 1997, they were married making Vadra a part of the most powerful family in India.

    Together they have two children, Raihan and Miraya

    . Despite marrying a family with a strong history of politics, Vadra does not interfere with any policy making, insisting that he’s a businessman and his only focus is Artex, a small company that specialise in jewellery export.

     

    Other Business.

    • He owns, Artex, a small company specialising in jewellery and handicraft exports.
    • Sky Light Hospitality Pvt Ltd (owned by Vadra and his mother Maureen Vadra), is a partner in a firm that owns Hilton Garden Inn in the South Delhi business district Saket. DLF Hotel Holdings is another partner in this firm.[11]
    • Blue Breeze Trading Pvt Ltd (aircraft chartering)
    • North India IT Parks Pvt Ltd
    • Real Earth Estates Pvt Ltd
    • Sky Light Realty Pvt Ltd

    He was also linked to the 1,76,000 Crore 2 G Scam .

     

    Vadra is also the sole owner of Sky Light Hospitality Pvt Ltd, having his mother Maureen as a partner. Furthermore he owns 20 per cent of Unitech, which was in the centre of the high profile 2G spectrum scam.

     

    The Vadra family has witnessed various tragedies. Robert’s sister Michelle died in a car accident in April 2001. His brother Richard committed suicide in 2003.

     

    Robert Vadra’s father, Rajendra Vadra, reportedly died of a heart attack in 2009 although some sources reported it as a suicide.

     

    Rajinder Vadra, the father-in-law of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in Room Number 6 of a guesthouse in Yusuf Sarai here this morning, police officials said.

     

    Police said his body was found by an employee of a local stall who had gone to serve him tea at 9.30 am.

     

    He was taken to Safdarjung Hospital where doctors declared him dead at 11.30 am. He was cremated in the Lodhi Road crematorium.

     

    Among those who were present at the cremation were his son Robert Vadra, Priyanka Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi.

     

    Police officials said that Vadra was ill and had been discharged from hospital 12 days ago.

     

    Seven years ago, a public notice on behalf of Robert Vadra was put out that he was dissociating himself from his father and brother Richard Vadra.

     

    The notice said that claiming to be acting on Robert’s behalf, they were promising jobs and other favours to people, in return for money.

     

    It is stated that the two were related to Robert but they had no access to him, and that Robert had not authorised them or anybody else to function on his behalf.

    Kejriwal,IAC  accuses,

     

    “…Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra of large-scale corruption in real estate dealings. In a highly speculated press conference, the IAC members alleged that real estate giant DLF had sold him prime land at throw-away prices and given him interest-free loans. They said, property worth over Rs 300 crores was sold to Vadra for just Rs 50 lakh.Speculation was rife among political observers in the national capital about activist Arvind Kejriwal‘s announcement to ‘expose’ the corruption of a “powerful political leader” on Friday. Kejriwal had said on October 2 2012 that his group would reveal sensational information against two political leaders on Saturday. However, the IAC changed its plans and held its press conference on Friday.

     

    “Why did DLF give Rs. 65 crore loan to Vadra without any interest? He bought DLF properties with that money at discounted rates
    . What benefit did Vadra provide to the Congress party 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- who

    se market value was Rs.25 crore then, and is now at least Rs. 40 crore,” Prashant Bhushan alleged.

     

    “Prima facie,” he added, were charges under Prevention of Corruption Act and Income Tax Act.”

     

    DLF Replies..

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    DLF refuted allegations that it has lent any money to Robert Vadra as well that it has sold to him properties at lower than market rates. In a detailed reply, DLF established that the loan was Business Advance which was given, as per practice of trade, to make payments for land purchased from Robert Vadra. Till the time, the documents were transferred in the name of DLF the money paid was treated as Advance. The treatment is in line with Accounting Standard-10 for Fixed Assets issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India which says that any asset can be recorded in books only when all the risks and rewards of the asset are transferred in the name of the company. ..

    The press release stated that as against allegations by Arvind Kejriwal, the properties sold to Robert Vadra were not lower transferred at lower than market price but at times were transferred at quite high rates. It also clarified that the allegations of Quid, pro, Quo are wrong as the property which was allotted to it by Haryana Govt. is not one on which residential apartments have been built but is one on which an amusement park shall be coming up. On the other hand, Arvind Kejriwal & Prashant Bhusan had alleged that the property allocated to DLF was the one on which residential apartments have been built up though the property was acquired by Haryana Govt. for Public Interest. DLF also clarified that the property was allocated to it for development of an amusement park only after it has paid the highest sum for it as part of an international bidding process.‘

    Politics is Family Business, Robert Vadra.

     

     

    Source; Celebrity Net Worth.

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