"Me, my wife and kids are mentally affected because of BJP" says Robert Vadra

Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday carried out searches against three people linked to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra in connection with its probe into alleged "commissions received by some suspects in defence deals" and illegal assets stashed abroad

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s brother-in-law Robert Vadra has hit back at Bharatiya Janta Party after Enforcement Directorate raided his and his business partners’ offices. As per Vadra, BJP is getting the raids done in order to create an atmosphere of fear. The statement has been made by Vadra in an interview with magazine Tehelka. In the interview Vadra said “I am a Robert Vadra, a citizen of this country; And I would like to talk to you people about how from past 4.5 years BJP has been troubling me and my family. Me my family and my kids have been affected mentally. I would like to tell everyone that BJP has been misusing power and continuously troubling me.” Vadra said that “My only fault is that I am married into a political family, what is my fault in that?”He further added saying that “If BJP had even one proof against me; they would have sent me in prison by now”. Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday carried out searches against three people linked to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra in connection with its probe into alleged "commissions received by some suspects in defence deals" and illegal assets stashed abroad, officials said. This is for the first time that Vadra's associates have been linked to alleged commissions received in defence deals by the ED. The raids that began around 12 noon were carried out at multiple premises in Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru, they said. In Delhi, the raids were carried out in the Sukhdev Vihar area apart from neighbouring Noida and Ghaziabad. However, Vadra's lawyer Suman Khaitan said ED officers "are inside his client's premises since 8/9 AM". The action was underway till late night and the three unidentified people were being questioned by ED sleuths.