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TIMES OF INDIA : JAIPUR: In what could end up embarrassing the Congress party in the cut and thrust of an aggressive election campaign, the Bikaner district administration on Tuesday indicated that companies in which Congress president Sonia Gandhis son-in-law Robert Vadra has stakes, profited hugely from purchasing land at reduced prices and selling these at premium rates. After BJP MP from Bikaner Arjun Meghwal demanded a probe into the irregularities committed in the land deals, the Rajasthan government had ordered a probe. District magistrate Arti Dogra, in her report submitted on Monday, mentioned five companies in which Vadra has stakes. These five companies bought 633 hectares of land. All transactions were conducted when Ashok Gehlot was chief minister. The five companies named in the report are Sky Light Realty, North India IT Park, Blue Breeze Trading, Real Earth Estates and Sky Light Hospitality. These companies bought 633 hectares of land in Bikaner and later sold 284 hectares, registering huge profits. Meghwal alleged the actual land bought by these companies was much more, but authorities could not link it to Vadras companies. We feel that the real purchase of land is much more than 633ha. All these purchases were made violating the land ceiling act. We will request state government to look deeper into transactions of companies where Robert Vadra is a stakeholder, said Meghwal. Vadras land deals came into controversy as he was the first to purchase plots in parched deserts of Bikaner. Soon, Gehlot government inked a deal with a private firm to set up a silicon plant and decided to develop the area as solar hub. The BJP MP alleged Vadra sold these lands to companies which wanted to set up solar plants in the area. The revelation of the probe is likely to heat up the political environment in the state. The BJP is all set to target Congress over the issue while one of the ministers in Gehlot government maintained that there was no wrongdoing in any land dealing.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 06:00:41 +0000

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