New Delhi: Even as Robert Vadra Sunday described allegations of having received "undue favours" from reality major DLF as "entirely baseless", "defamatory" and aimed at maligning his family, activist Arvind Kejriwal said the businessman had avoided questions on his links with the company.
The Congress Sunday continued to target Kejriwal and his associates in India Against Corruption (IAC) over allegations against Vadra while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the Congress should "clear the situation" instead of trying to run down the activists.
Breaking his silence on the controversy, Vadra, who is married to Priyanka, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, said he was 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," Vadra said in a statement to NDTV, which was posted on the news channel's website.
He said the statements were 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," Vadra said.
Following allegations by Kejriwal and Bhushan, Vadra had Saturday posted on his Facebook page that he could handle all negativity. "Thanks for the concern, I can handle all the negativity. I have lost people I loved. What can be worse than that," Vadra had posted.
Kejriwal said Sunday: "He (Vadra) is hiding behind DLF and the Congress and questioning our motive. He should come in the open and clarify charges against him as he has not yet responded to specific questions asked by us."
He said Vadra had questioned our motives that was not "important" but had "not replied to the questions that we have raised".
