Robert Vadra hints at joining politics, BJP takes a dig
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Feb 24, 2019, 16:48 IST
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Sunday took a dig at the Congress insinuating that Robert Vadra is the party's prime ministerial candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
This came just hours after Vadra, the brother-in-law of Congress president Rahul Gandhi, hinted at joining politics.
"Presenting Congress’s Prime Ministerial candidate for Lok Sabha elections. #RobertIsReady," wrote BJP on its Twitter handle.
A month after his wife Priyanka Gandhi made her debut into active politics and was appointed a general secretary in the party, Vadra, in a Facebook post, said, "All these years of experience and learning cannot be just wasted and should be put to better use...Once all these accusations and allegations are over, I feel I should dedicate a larger role in serving the people."
"Years and months I spent campaigning, working in different parts of the country, but mainly in UP, gave me a feeling to do more for people and make smaller changes possible by me, in areas and when they got to know me, the genuine love, affection, respect I earned was humbling," he said.
Forty-nine-year-old Vadra, who has been repeatedly questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the recent past in connection with money laundering and land grab cases, accused the government of targeting him to divert the attention from the real issues confronting the country.
This came just hours after Vadra, the brother-in-law of Congress president Rahul Gandhi, hinted at joining politics.
"Presenting Congress’s Prime Ministerial candidate for Lok Sabha elections. #RobertIsReady," wrote BJP on its Twitter handle.
Presenting Congress’s Prime Ministerial candidate for Lok Sabha elections. #RobertIsReady https://t.co/WqM7qi1vCR
— BJP (@BJP4India) 1550997886000A month after his wife Priyanka Gandhi made her debut into active politics and was appointed a general secretary in the party, Vadra, in a Facebook post, said, "All these years of experience and learning cannot be just wasted and should be put to better use...Once all these accusations and allegations are over, I feel I should dedicate a larger role in serving the people."
"Years and months I spent campaigning, working in different parts of the country, but mainly in UP, gave me a feeling to do more for people and make smaller changes possible by me, in areas and when they got to know me, the genuine love, affection, respect I earned was humbling," he said.
Forty-nine-year-old Vadra, who has been repeatedly questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the recent past in connection with money laundering and land grab cases, accused the government of targeting him to divert the attention from the real issues confronting the country.
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