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BJP stalls Parliament over Vadra’s land ‘deals’
Tribune News Service

The party had given notices in both Houses for the suspension of question hour following reports on how Vadra allegedly broke law in buying land in Rajasthan. The party alleged the Haryana-a state also ruled by the Congress-had also extended undue favours to Vadra. BJP MP from Bikaner Arjun Ram Meghwal said the state government was to provide land for free or at a nominal price for solar power generation. Vadra gave a power of attorney to a man called Mahesh Nagar to start purchasing land and companies were formed for the purpose, he alleged.

“Unsecured loans were given to firms linked to Vadra for the purchase of land and then parts of the same land were bought back at hefty rates. Large purchases of land were made without attracting any attention either from the income tax authorities or the Enforcement Directorate. The Centre is also involved,” the BJP MP alleged. Most of land was purchased near power stations.

The Centre had approved 722 companies for solar power production and the state government was supposed to create a land bank in Bikaner and some other areas of Rajasthan, he said.

Companies seeking land were told by the state authorities that no land was available. “They have to, per force, purchase land from companies linked to Robert Vadra,” Meghwal alleged. The land was being sold at rates several times higher than those at which it was purchased.

He also alleged that amendments to the land ceiling Act were made by the state government to benefit Vadra. “Mutations were done in a day. All this to benefit the son-in-law. It is a sequel to Haryana land scam,” he said.