I will start working on it: Robert Vadra on plans to enter politics

MORADABAD: A day after Robert Vadra hinted at his possible venture into the active politics through his Facebook post, the brother-in-law of Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that "he will start working on it".

His comment come shortly after banners, posted by Youth Congress workers, appeared in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district urging him to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from the constituency.

"Robert Vadra Ji, you are welcome to contest the election from the Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency," the posters read.


Later, when questioned on his plans to enter politics, Vadra said that he will start working on it.

"First, I need to absolve from baseless accusations and allegations. But yes, I will start working on it. There is no hurry. People need to feel that I can make a change... All in time," he said.

However, the Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit refrained from directly addressing the issue and termed the posters "a personal expression of the party workers".

Vadra, the brother-in-law of Congress president Rahul Gandhi, has hinted at joining politics, a month after his wife Priyanka Gandhi made her debut into active politics and was appointed a general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh East in the party.

In a Facebook post, Vadra 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."

The 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 also accused the government of targeting him to divert the attention from the real issues confronting the country.