The Congress on Wednesday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for cornering party chief Sonia Gandhi over the land deal controversy surrounding her son-in-law Robert Vadra, saying the so called supreme power is 'no court of justice' and must proceed as per the law.
Congress leader Salman Khurshid said the BJP is not playing fair and square, adding the ruling party should go ahead and hold a fair enquiry into Robert Vadra's land deals if they have any doubts.
"Considering themselves the supreme power, they think they can run trials on people in the media or even outside the court. They have to understand they are not the 'courts of justice' and they cannot condemn anyone before they have a chance to say something in their defence," Khurshid told ANI.
"Congress president Sonia Gandhi has just asked for a fair enquiry, now the BJP objecting over that as well is beyond my understanding," he added.
The Congress president, who visited her parliamentary constituency Bareli in Uttar Pradesh yesterday, backed her son-in-law Robert Vadra against allegations that he owns a house in London, funded by an arms dealer, and dared the BJP-led government to probe the matter in an unbiased manner.
"This is also a political conspiracy. What do you mean by 'Congress-mukt Bharat'? Every day, they give excuses and level wrong allegations," said Gandhi.
"If this (allegation) is true, then they should conduct an unbiased probe. Everything will become clear," she added.
The Congress president was also critical of the BJP-led NDA regime for celebrating its two years in office and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was behaving like a "shehenshah".
The BJP hit back at Gandhi, saying the "blessings of 10, Janpath" was the reason behind Vadra's wealth.
According to reports, Vadra is being probed after the Income Tax (IT) raids on arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari's office revealed alleged links between the duo and cryptic references to a London property.
Vadra's lawyers, however, rubbished the charges.
