Background
Robert Vadra was born to Rajendra and Maureen Vadra on 18 April 1969.
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Robert Vadra, who completed his schooling from The British School, New Delhi had two siblings, Richard and Michelle.
Career
He is the son-in-law of Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. In the recent times, he is being highlighted in media because of his controversial relations and land dealings with DLF group. Rajendra Vadra hails from Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, and Maureen (née McDonagh) was of Scottish origin.
Rajendra was a resident of Civil Lincolnshire, Moradabad and ran a brass and wood handicrafts business.
The family is originally from Sialkot, West Punjab, and Rajendra"s father moved to India at the time of partition. Rajendra Vadra, father of Robert Vadra was found dead at a guest house in Yusuf Sarai area of New Delhi in 2009.
Rents from DLF for purchase of land, India"s largest real estate conglomerate. DLF Hotel Holdings is another partner in this firm.
North India Information Technology Parks Pvt Limited
Real Earth Estates Pvt Limited
Sky Light Realty Pvt Limited.
DlF projects
Vadra-DLF Controversy
In October 2012, Arvind Kejriwal accused Vadra of taking an interest-free loan of 65 crores and heavy bargains on land from DLF Limited in exchange for political favors.
DLF responded that it had dealt with Vadra as a private entrepreneur, that the loan was Business Advance which was given, as per practice of trade, to make payments for land purchased from Vadra, that the company did not sell him land at a throwaway price, and that no quid pro quo took place. His Facebook comment “Mango people in a banana republic" that was later deleted, had become widespread punch line for the news reporters and the public to talk about. On Monday, 8 October 2012, his Facebook account was shut, days after a controversy broke out over his business deals with realty major DLF. Civil society activist Arvind Kejriwal had raised questions over the rise in his fortune.
In his account on Twitter, Kejriwal tweeted, “Evidence pouring in from mango men from across the country.
Mango men would prove to be nemesis for the powerful.”
Numerous reports have questioned veracity of balance-sheets of Vadra-owned companies, which claim to have received an overdraft of 7.94 crores from Corporation Bank. Corporation Bank has now denied ever providing an overdraft facility to that amount.
Robert vadra is involved in multi-crore corrupt land deals.
Views
In response to the alleged DLF-Vadra controversy, the entire Congress came out to defend Vadra.
