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Why Robert Vadra continues to be the favorite whipping boy of Narendra Modi
by Guest Mon Jun 06, 2016 7:29 am
It is becoming increasingly clear that the Narendra Modi government only wants to use Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law, Robert Vadra, as a whipping boy to damage the political credibility of the Gandhis and the Congress party. Vadra is too juicy a target to be wasted in just one or two cases of alleged corruption. Modi and Amit Shah are well aware of this. So a formal criminal case will not be launched against Vadra, but neither will he be let off in the cases of alleged corruption. One suspects this is a conscious political strategy by the BJP. Why else would the government set up a one-judge inquiry commission to look at Vadra’s land deals in Haryana when the quickest way to conclude a case is to file a criminal complaint, and conduct an investigation and trial. The BJP is in government at the Centre and in Haryana, and is privy to all records of Vadra’s land deals with the state government and others. The one-judge inquiry will most likely drag on for some time and may deliver some findings, or an indictment, to suit the BJP before the next big elections.
Are you surprised that Vadra’s alleged connection with arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, which has been splashed all over the media, is yet to be followed up by a formal case being registered against the infamous son-in-law? Forget registering a case, there has been no notice to Vadra nor has he been questioned in regard to his alleged emails to Bhandari’s aide asking about the interior decoration of some house in London. The idea is to make him more and more infamous — as the face of benami of Lutyen’s dark underbelly, and transfer some of this notoriety to the family and the party.
The only problem is the ecosystem of Lutyen’s dark underbelly – it is also full of agents who form the BJP’s support system in Delhi....
The Gandhis may have become complacent and allowed Modi so many openings because they had earlier dealt with Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The Gandhis seemed to have had an implicit understanding with Vajpayee that family members would not be dragged into the game of political mudslinging. But Modi is a different kettle of fish, as the Gandhis are now realizing...
The art of blowing hot and cold with opposition leaders based on their current usefulness is being perfected by Modi and Shah. The most glaring example of this, of course, is the way the BJP is targeting the Gandhi family. The fact that the government decided not to directly file a case of corruption against Vadra surprised many admirers of Modi, particularly because the party’s 2014 election campaign against Vadra was quite shrill. Eminent criminal lawyer Nitya Ramakrishnan says, “An FIR is the first and only option if there is a criminal case of corruption. A commission of inquiry is really meant for matters affecting the public at large, or it may be a fact finding commission if the issue is not very clear”. Going by this explanation, the Vadra case does not warrant the appointment of an inquiry commission – it is an individual act of buying and selling real estate with the alleged connivance of the authorities and this has no implications for the public at large.
Ramakrishnan further says, “A criminal prosecution has relentless logic. By contrast, a commission of inquiry can easily be an executive ploy to pussyfoot around facts, keep things on the boil without facing the consequences of an open criminal trial.” Going by this argument, can it be concluded that the NDA was never really interested in taking Vadra through a speedy trial? Modi and Shah appear to have taken a political rather than legal option in the Vadra case. It remains to be seen how this strategy plays out in the future.
http://thewire.in/2016/06/06/the-bjp-and-the-fine-art-of-calibrating-corruption-against-opposition-leaders-41023/
Are you surprised that Vadra’s alleged connection with arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, which has been splashed all over the media, is yet to be followed up by a formal case being registered against the infamous son-in-law? Forget registering a case, there has been no notice to Vadra nor has he been questioned in regard to his alleged emails to Bhandari’s aide asking about the interior decoration of some house in London. The idea is to make him more and more infamous — as the face of benami of Lutyen’s dark underbelly, and transfer some of this notoriety to the family and the party.
The only problem is the ecosystem of Lutyen’s dark underbelly – it is also full of agents who form the BJP’s support system in Delhi....
The Gandhis may have become complacent and allowed Modi so many openings because they had earlier dealt with Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The Gandhis seemed to have had an implicit understanding with Vajpayee that family members would not be dragged into the game of political mudslinging. But Modi is a different kettle of fish, as the Gandhis are now realizing...
The art of blowing hot and cold with opposition leaders based on their current usefulness is being perfected by Modi and Shah. The most glaring example of this, of course, is the way the BJP is targeting the Gandhi family. The fact that the government decided not to directly file a case of corruption against Vadra surprised many admirers of Modi, particularly because the party’s 2014 election campaign against Vadra was quite shrill. Eminent criminal lawyer Nitya Ramakrishnan says, “An FIR is the first and only option if there is a criminal case of corruption. A commission of inquiry is really meant for matters affecting the public at large, or it may be a fact finding commission if the issue is not very clear”. Going by this explanation, the Vadra case does not warrant the appointment of an inquiry commission – it is an individual act of buying and selling real estate with the alleged connivance of the authorities and this has no implications for the public at large.
Ramakrishnan further says, “A criminal prosecution has relentless logic. By contrast, a commission of inquiry can easily be an executive ploy to pussyfoot around facts, keep things on the boil without facing the consequences of an open criminal trial.” Going by this argument, can it be concluded that the NDA was never really interested in taking Vadra through a speedy trial? Modi and Shah appear to have taken a political rather than legal option in the Vadra case. It remains to be seen how this strategy plays out in the future.
http://thewire.in/2016/06/06/the-bjp-and-the-fine-art-of-calibrating-corruption-against-opposition-leaders-41023/
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Re: Why Robert Vadra continues to be the favorite whipping boy of Narendra Modi
by goodcitizn Mon Jun 06, 2016 9:39 am
Don't you think Vadra is a corrupt businessman?
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Re: Why Robert Vadra continues to be the favorite whipping boy of Narendra Modi
by Guest Mon Jun 06, 2016 9:49 am
goodcitizn wrote:Don't you think Vadra is a corrupt businessman?
could it be that it is not possible to do business in India without being corrupt?
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