New Delhi: India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal hit out at the Congress saying no Congress Chief Minister had the power to act against Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra. Reacting to the CNN-IBN report on Vadra's land deals in Rajasthan, Kejriwal said, "It's a clear case of corruption, he bought land at throw-away prices. He had prior information from the state government about the upcoming projects. Haryana gave...
10:59 AM, Oct 27, 2012
New Delhi: While the BJP gave a breather to party president Nitin Gadkari, standing by him, India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal came all guns blazing on the Congress and BJP saying they were fooling the country. Kejriwal tweeted, "Vadra gets clean chit. Gadkari supported by BJP. Both BJP n Cong exposed. Anti-corruption stances of BJP n Cong are pretence and lip service, meant to fool aam aadmi. Country crying...
08:50 AM, Oct 27, 2012
BJP core group met on Friday to decide on Nitin Gadkari's future. Robert Vadra made a killing on land bought in Rajasthan. ...
11:31 PM, Oct 26, 2012
BJP president Nitin Gadkari and Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra are facing allegations of corruption. ...
11:01 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Bikaner: It wasn't just Haryana where Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra went on a land buying spree between 2008 and 2011. At least 20 plots measuring over 770 hectares were picked up by Vadra's firms in Bikaner, months after the Ashok Gehlot government assumed power in the state. According to property agents in Bikaner, the land was barren and worth precious little at the time Vadra purchased it....
06:12 PM, Oct 26, 2012
New Delhi: India Against Corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal on Friday hit out yet against at both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party. He said he was confident that like Robert Vadra, BJP President Nitin Gadkari will also get a clean chit. Demanding that Vadra and Gadkari disclose their business interests, Kejriwal said, "We will be made fools on the name of probe. Congress and BJP are together in this....
01:20 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Chandigarh: Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka has said that he has no information of any probe report on Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's land deals. He said he did not know about any clean chit to Vadra. "I have not got any such order regarding the constitution of a committee, I have not been served with any notice to explain any aspect of the matter. The legal position...
11:31 AM, Oct 26, 2012
Chandigarh: Haryana's deputy commissioners have found no irregularities in Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's land deals. A panel of four Deputy Commissioners has given Vadra's deals a clean chit. Four Haryana deputy commissioners conducted inquiries into Vadra's deals after IAS officer Ashok Khemka's order, dated October 12. India Against Corruption Activist Arvind Kejriwal reacted saying this was expected. He tweeted, "Haryana officers give clean chit to Vadra. That...
08:21 AM, Oct 26, 2012
BJP leader Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday sought to differentiate and distinguish the party from the Congress saying that the BJP was "definitely different on all yardsticks of probity, morality, and all yardsticks of governance". "We are much much better because we value, value-based politics. We are not here in politics as a mission, not for commission," said Javadekar. He added that there was no question of party president Nitin Gadkari ...
10:26 PM, Oct 24, 2012
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal-led India Against Corruption (IAC) has claimed that fresh allegations against Nitin Gadkari had vindicated their stand that Congress and BJP were hand in glove on corruption and dared Congress and NCP to act against the BJP chief. It was the IAC that first questioned quid pro quo in Gadkari's business dealing. IAC member Prashant Bhushan now demands Gadkari to be charged under the Prevention of Corruption...
07:43 AM, Oct 24, 2012
New Delhi: Two top leaders of the main political parties of India, the BJP and the Congress, face corruption charges. Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari faced fresh graft charges in the Maharashtra land scam while Congress leader Virbhadra Singh was accused of involvement in land scams in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday. Amidst the tug-of-war and array of charges and counter-charges between the BJP and the Congress, stood India Against...
09:01 PM, Oct 23, 2012
Chandigarh: Transferred Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who cancelled the mutation of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's Manesar land, has taken on the Haryana government. Khemka told CNN-IBN that the Haryana government is encroaching on the jurisdiction of the Punjab and Haryana High court by setting up a three-member panel to probe his order. Khemka said that IAS officers have no jurisdiction to probe orders passed by the...
01:29 PM, Oct 23, 2012
New Delhi: IAC member and anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal's corruption allegations against Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, BJP President Nitin Gadkari and NCP Chief Sharad Pawar have resulted in what many are calling the conspiracy of silence. Despite fresh allegations over the source of funding for Gadkari's firm, no politician is raising his voice against the BJP President. Is there a conspiracy of silence between parties on corruption...
08:31 AM, Oct 23, 2012
Digvijaya Singh had said that even though the evidence of corruption against families of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani is enough to embarrass the two leaders, the party would refrain from going public with it. ...
09:31 PM, Oct 22, 2012
New Delhi: On Sunday, anti-corruption crusader Arvind Kejriwal got a taste of his own medicine. As he called yet another press conference on corruption, he was waylaid by his former colleagues in Team Anna. After a barrage of questions from one of them, Annie Kohli, Kejriwal beat a hasty retreat, only to come out later and rubbish her questions. Kohli and her team protested outside Kejriwal's office, and there were...
10:00 PM, Oct 21, 2012
The Congress, after being cornered over party president Sonia Gandhi's son-in law Robert Vadra's land deals, has now said that it has enough evidence of corruption against families of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and senior BJP leader LK Advani. However, General Secretary Digvijaya Singh said his party will never disclose the details. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Digvijaya further defended Robert Vadra, saying the allegations made...
09:20 PM, Oct 21, 2012
New Delhi: There was high drama at the press conference held by anti-corruption crusader-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday as former IAC activists and key supporters of Anna Hazare questioned Kejriwal over his team members and their dealings. Annie Kohli, a supporter of Anna Hazare, confronted Kejriwal in full view of TV cameras and asked him several discomforting questions. "Are you a politician or an activist? What are you doing about...
04:31 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday hit back at Digvijaya Singh, saying he won't answer his questions till the Congress responds to his charges. Speaking to CNN-IBN's Rupashree Nanda, he also challenges Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister to a public debate on corruption. Rupashree Nanda: The Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh in an interview to Karan Thapar has said that they've always had evidence of corruption and wrongdoing against family...
11:21 AM, Oct 21, 2012
New Delhi: A day after Digvijaya Singh questioned him on foreign funding behind his NGO, activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal launched a counter attack against the Congress leader, saying his party must answer on Robert Vadra issue first. Kejriwal has said he will reply to all of Digvijaya's questions after the Congress comes clean on questions to Robert Vadra and the Prime Minister. Kejriwal has also challenged Congress president Sonia Gandhi and...
08:36 AM, Oct 21, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress, after being cornered over party president Sonia Gandhi's son-in law Robert Vadra's land deals, has now said that it has enough evidence of corruption against families of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and senior BJP leader LK Advani. However, General Secretary Digvijaya Singh said his party will never disclose the details. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Digvijaya said that even though the evidence...
07:30 AM, Oct 21, 2012
