Vadra's issue being raised by BJP to avoid answering questions on bank scams: Cong

The Congress today hit back at the BJP, accusing it of "misusing" government agencies to target Robert Vadra and claimed that the issue involving the latter's company was being raised to avoid answering questions on bank scams and the "protection" given by the Narendra Modi government to scamsters like Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya.

Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi claimed that the land deal made by Vadra's company was "above board" and that all guidelines and rules were followed by it and tax was paid to the authorities.

She said Vadra's company -- Skylite Hospitality -- had bought a piece of land and paid capital gains tax after selling it and alleged that the government agencies were "under pressure" from the BJP, which was demanding that the profit be treated as "business income".

"The government is misusing its agencies to target Vadra. The BJP and the government are raising the issue of Skylite Hospitality to avoid answering questions regarding protecting the '4Ms' -- Lalit Modi, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Vijay Mallya.

"The land deal of Skylite Hospitality is above board. It followed the guidelines set for every individual and every single entity that files income tax return in the country," Chaturvedi told reporters.

Another Congress spokesperson, Tom Vadakkan, said, "The Income Tax department and the ED have become allies. This is the political reality. And this is the hate story of the BJP. When there is nothing left, it always goes after Vadra. That is the story."
Claiming that she was quoting from the same report that Modi used to attack the UPA government, Chaturvedi said, "Today, under his watch, India has been declared the un-safest country in the world for women. So, I would like to ask the prime minister and his principal spokesperson, who usually resorts to a whole set of lies to hide their own failures, that what will the prime minister say about this?"
She sought to know if Modi believed India being declared the most unsafe country in the world for women under his watch was an achievement and asked, "Would he consider this a symbol of positivity for the women of the country?"
"I want to ask the prime minister, when will he hold those leaders of his party accountable, who used the most undignified and sexist comments about women? When will he hold his own party spokesperson accountable for using derogatory language against the women spokespersons of another party?