Parliament failed to transact any business today as the issue of land deals allegedly involving Vadra and the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils eclipsed the proceedings in both Houses.
Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha witnessed repeated adjournments over the issue as as BJP members stormed the Well seeking a probe into the land deal issue.
Sonia Gandhi was present in the Lok Sabha when the BJP members trooped into the Well carrying a placard which said ‘Finance Minister, adopt the formula of son-in-law; earn sitting at home and reduce losses'.
The BJP had earlier given notices in both Houses for suspension of Question Hour to discuss the alleged anomalies in land deal by Vadra in Rajasthan.
The notices came in the backdrop of reports alleging that Vadra had broken the law in buying land in Rajasthan, much above the prescribed ceiling, and that he was set to reap a windfall from the land in arid Bikaner area.
Replying to a question that Vadra is simply not an individual but also the son-in-law of the president of the country's ruling party, Chowdhary said, “That does not mean it qualifies or disqualifies him” from being an individual.
BJP today alleged there was government connivance in the reported anomalies in land deals by Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra in Rajasthan and demanded a court-monitored CBI inquiry into the matter.
”These land deals show a new PPP model. It is P-4 which stands for Public Policy for Private Profit... This is not just a private dealing of a private individual. This is much beyond,” BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told reporters.
