BJP and Congress trade barbs over the Rajasthan High Court’s rejection of Robert Vadra’s plea to quash a money-laundering probe against him
The Hindu
The BJP called the Gandhi family a ‘kattar paapi parivaar (extremely immoral family)‘ and the ‘most corrupt family’ in Indian politics
The BJP and the Congress party on Tuesday engaged in a sharp exchange of words over the Rajasthan High Court’s rejection of Robert Vadra’s plea to quash a money laundering probe against him.
Citing the court order, the BJP called the Gandhi family a “ kattar paapi parivaar (extremely immoral family)“ and the “most corrupt family” in Indian politics.
The Congress hit back saying that the BJP was rattled by the popularity of the Bharat Jodo Yatra and that’s why it was peddling “lies” to victimise Mr. Vadra. The Congress accused the BJP of “losing its balance”.
The exchange was first started by BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia, who asked Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi to break their “silence” on the corruption and money-laundering allegations against Mr. Vadra, who is married to Mr. Gandhi ‘s sister and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi.
“This is a kattar paapi parivaar (extremely immoral family) of India. Its only work has been to do corruption and grabbing land to hand over to Vadra,” Mr. Bhatia alleged.
Rejecting the Congress’s charge of a political witch-hunt against Mr. Vadra, the BJP spokesperson claimed it amounted to casting aspersions on the judiciary for refusing to quash charges against Mr. Vadra.
“They are the most corrupt family in Indian politics. Three members of the family are out on bail in corruption cases. It is a serious matter of concern for a government with zero tolerance for corruption,” Mr. Bhatia said, referring to the National Herald case in which both Ms. Sonia Gandhi and Mr. Rahul Gandhi, as former party presidents, face corruption allegations.
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