With BJP MP Kirit Somaiya targeting Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi over purchase and sale of two shops at Metropolitan Mall in Saket in New Delhi, Emaar MGF on Wednesday said all allegations against the company as levelled by Somaiya are “completely false, baseless and malicious in nature”.
“All allegations against the company as levelled by Kirit Somaiya are completely false, baseless and malicious in nature,” said the firm in a statement, adding the “company reserves its right to take appropriate legal remedy in this matter”.
Divulging details of the deal, Emaar MGF said, “As regards the queries, our group company had sold two shops in Metropolitan Saket Mall to Rahul Gandhi on December 06, 2005.”
“The two shops 17A and 24, both on the ground floor having areas of 996.98 sqft and 514.44 sqft, were sold at the cost of Rs9,750 per sqft and Rs9,750 per sqft and the total sale value of which is Rs97,20,555 and Rs50,15,790, respectively,” said the firm, adding the shops were never leased nor bought back by the company from Gandhi at any time.
However, it added that as per records, the shops were further sold to Worli Realty Private limited on February 4, 2010. “Worli Realty Private limited is not related to any of our companies and/or promoters,” it said.
Emaar MGF further said, “The transaction was commercial and commensurate with market rate of the day, a fact evident from records of other transactions during same period. This entire transaction is transparent and has been well disclosed publicly in the past. Furthermore, this information has been in public domain for a long time.”
Somaiya said the Congress vice-president and his brother-in-law Robert Vadra have started a new scheme, which takes a kick-back with the DlF.
“Rahul Gandhi has admitted that he has bought the shops. I would like him to disclose that at what price he bought them and to whom he had given them on lease. He bought them and again sold them to the MGF,” he asked.
Hitting back at Somaiya, Rahul Gandhi said he had purchased shops at a mall owned by MGF in the Capital, adding that he had mentioned the same in his affidavit. “Yes, I did and it is on my affidavit. What is wrong in it,” asked Rahul Gandhi.