Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday rejected the Congress' allegations that the Justice SN Dhingra commission report on alleged irregularities in the grant of land licences to a firm owned by Robert Vadra was leaked.
The Information and Broadcasting Minister while talking to the mediapersons here said that he does not have any information on the Dhingra panel report after a media report claimed that the probe had indicted Vadra, son- in-law of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, for making unlawful profit of Rs 50.5 cr from a land deal in Haryana in 2008 without spending a single paisa.Naidu said, "We don't have the habit of leaking out... This Government believes in transparency and does not interfere in the legal process. We don't run after individuals." Hitting out at the Congress, he said that they may be speaking of their own past experiences (of leaking reports). The Minister also said that the Haryana Government will take action based on the findings of the report.
The Commission was set up in May 2015 by the BJP Government in Haryana led by Manohar lal to look into the grant of licences for change in land use in four villages of Gurgaon, including the licence granted to Skylight Hospitality owned by Vadra. Commission had submitted its 182-page report to Haryana CM in Chandigarh on August 31, 2016.
The lawyer of Robert Vadra and Skylight Hospitality have reportedly said that they had committed no wrong and that no laws were violated. Vadra's wife Priyanka Gandhi had a day before released a statement saying her finances had nothing to do with those of her husband or his company Skylight Hospitality, which had made controversial land deals with realty major DlF.
The contents of the Commission's report are yet to be made public by the State Government which had given an undertaking in the Punjab and Haryana High Court not to release the report until directed by the court. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Manohar lal has also denied Government leaking the Dhingra Commission report, and said the court would take cognisance of the matter.
land deal: Vadra made Rs 50 cr illegal profit- P5 Naidu denies Dhingra report on Vadra land deal was leaked The Chief Minister said, "A copy of the report was submitted to the Supreme Court in a sealed cover. The court will take cognisance of this matter. There has been no leakage but if at all it is established, it will be a matter for probe."