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Court seeks govt response on Robert Vadra PIL

Oct 11, 2012

Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Thursday asked the central government to respond to charges levelled against Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, by India Against Corruption (IAC) member Arvind Kejriwal.

Robert Vadra.

The court, which was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) by activist Nutan Thakur, fixed Nov 21 as the next date for hearing.

The PIL sought a thorough probe into the charges levelled by Kejriwal and his colleagues. In her petition, Thakur told the court that she had also sent a letter to principal secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) but was sure that it would not be responded to.

Last week, Kejriwal and lawyer Prashant Bhushan had alleged that Vadra had benefited immensely from a quid pro quo in deals with real estate giant DLF.

IANS

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