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Bahubali! A trick by the RSS?

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Bahubali! A trick by the RSS?

“WHY DID KATTAPPA KILL BAHUBALI?” This was a burning question in the year that went past us. Much more burning and invoking than ‘The Newshour’ by Arnab Goswami. I wonder why did Arnab not ask this question when he had the chance.

Anyways, I suggest Mr. S.S Rajamouli should be awarded with Nobel Peace Prize for finally revealing why did Kattappa kill Bahubali. There were instances of lovers breaking up, peddlers getting killed, muslims joining ISIS, all because they couldn’t find the key to the mystery. Some people believe that Salman Khan’s ‘Hit & Run’ case of 2002 was the aftermath of this question. It is said that Salman went into the future to see Bahubali that day. He did love the film but was so overwhelmed by the Kattappa suspense that he ran his car over the pedestrians (So sorry! I meant the driver).

Let’s leave it be because he got acquitted at the end of the day, giving us another chance to watch his super logical films, which probably surpasses the abilities of Christopher Nolan.

Yesterday, second installment of this epic movie by Rajamouli was released. Finally, the answer to the question was served for the price of a silver platter. But was this question the end of Bahubali? Isn’t there anymore question to this franchise? Is this all we get after 2 years? If you think yes, then I beg to differ! This answer gave birth to another question and that is “Was Bahubali a trick played by RSS?”

Before we get into this question, let me tell you something about the RSS. RSS is an institution which serves to the Indian people, teach them the Indian history, vedic ways of our culture and much more. RSS is often blamed for ‘Hindu Terrorism/Saffronisation/Communalism’ by the Left Liberals who support the students at JNU for chanting Anti-India slogans as Freedom of Expression.

Now you must be thinking how did it strike me that RSS can be involved in the making of Bahubali! No it didn’t! I overheard a conversation of two Left Liberals in the Delhi Metro (Don’t blame me of snooping and eavesdropping! They were too loud while exercising their right of FoE). I recall, I heard them say why wasn’t Bahubali a muslim character in the film? (afterall, all the Bahubalis around the world are Muslims like Baghdadi, Dawood, Al-Jawahiri, Owaisi, Mulayam Singh etc)

I wanted to stop them right there for spreading minority complex in the minority community but I didn’t (afterall they chant inclusiveness all day long). I wanted to know how Left Liberals looked and sounded like after they log off from their social media accounts. I kept to their conversation and it went as

A – Not only should he be a Muslim character but also the fact that he got betrayed by his countryman. It makes perfect sense.

B – Yes. You are absolutely right. You know I think that RSS was a part of this movie, both parts!

A – How? What did you notice? You must have analysed I am sure. These Sanghis leave clues everywhere.

B – Firstly, remember how Kattappa insults the Muslims(sic) by not accepting the sword they offered and then furthermore breaks it into two halves in a duel. Such disrespect I tell you..! Only Sanghis can think of such demeaning tricks.

A – Wow man! I never thought of it. We can use it on the social media to show their real colours. The degenerate communalists that they are.

B – This isn’t just it! Why was the queen called ‘Ma’ and not ‘Ammi’ ? Ammi means the same thing. They could have easily taken the word, but no, how can the RSS survive if Muslims prosper!

A – OMG! Dude you are a legend. How do you do this kind of in depth analysis? Pretty intense huh!

B – I haven’t seen Bahubali 2 yet. Just wait and watch. I will bring out the hypocrisy of these Sanghis.

A – I heard that in the second part, the role of Tammanna Bhatia has been decreased.

B – Why wouldn’t it be man? These saffron agents can’t see our women getting empowered. They are the owners of patriarchy.

A – I think you are right. RSS must have had an influence in the movie. After all they don’t like lovers roaming around and the Kattappa suspense was a reason for many breakups in our country like Arbaaz and Malaika, maybe.

B – See! Now you get it. Arbaaz and Malaika. Hindu Muslim pair, sanghis call it love jihad. They were the reason why this beautiful couple broke up.

Hearing this, an elderly man interrupted their ‘RSS analogy’ session and said, “You damned souls! Read the newspaper already! Stop acting like your stupid leaders. You have to bear the burden of this nation’s heritage and sovereignty. First you blamed Modi, then Yogi of being communal and intolerant towards the Muslims. Don’t you know about the Gorakhnath Temple operated by Yogi? Don’t you know who heads the cattle of Yogi? Such moronic youth this generation has become. How can you call someone names when you can’t even know little facts. If you will turn out to be this stupid then who will stop this nation from becoming another hotspot for terrorism to grow?”

My thoughts were hijacked by this man’s sheer words. I almost forgot the stupid things that I just heard from the two gentlemen standing next to me. I was happy for the moment. But then, happiness doesn’t last long. It was my stop to de-board. As I managed to pass through the crowd, I managed to hear a familiar voice say, “These RSS crooks……”

The Left liberals were off to analysis, again.

JNU prof pays tribute to Sukma martyrs, gets car pelted with stones

Abhishek Banerjee
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JNU prof pays tribute to Sukma martyrs, gets car pelted with stones

JNU really has seen a lot. There was the surreal spectacle of card carrying Communists explaining why theirs is a politics of promoting free speech. Played on all channels, mind you. Video tweeted approvingly by several politicians who could even be India’s democratically elected Prime Minister(s) in the near future (as per the wishes of the Indian mainstream media).

Let’s see what happens when this is put to test.

Dr. Buddha Singh is a faculty member at JNU and an Associate Dean of students. He decided to exercise his free speech and organize a Tribute meeting for the martyrs of Sukma and Kupwara on the evening of April 28. Here is the poster for the event:

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Not surprisingly, some didn’t take kindly to the saffron, white and green.

The reaction was swift and unforgiving.

Today, Dr. Buddha Singh has tweeted out a picture of his car, which was vandalized by stone pelting:


Stone pelting? Wonder where they got that idea? Any guesses?

And yes, unlike some people who got invited to write against troll terror in the Hindustan Times, Dr. Buddha Singh has in fact complained to the police:


Will there be anguished editorials about the shrinking space for dissent in our universities? The last time they came out in full flow to defend the right to chant “Bharat ki barbaadi”. Will they come out and speak up for the right to pay tribute to our martyred soldiers?

Perhaps we all know the answer.

This is not the only or first time though that the left-dominated JNU has seen such violent or intolerant reactions from the leftists, who appear amenable only to a particular kind of events. Back in 2010, the leftist students had organized an event that was seen as celebrating the massacre of 76 CRPF jawans who were martyred in Dantewada that year. Last year everyone witnessed how an event to glorify Afzal Guru was held. Such events are routine, only that a few have now come under public scrutiny recently.

The intolerance and violence by leftists was on full display – despite the media trying its best to hide it – earlier this year at Ramjas College in Delhi. Before that, left leaning JNU students had forced the university to cancel invite to a speaker they didn’t agree with, and on another occasion the hooliganism of such students forced a helpless professor to touch their feet who pleaded to be allowed to enter his office.

Manish Sisodia claims his Twitter account was hacked after it shared tweets insulting Anna Hazare

Hemant Bijapurkar
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Manish Sisodia claims his Twitter account was hacked after it shared tweets insulting Anna Hazare

Social activist Anna Hazare, who was the guru of most of AAP’s current top brass, had criticized the party and the leadership saying that there was a difference between what the party preached and what it actually practiced. He also said that Kejriwal’s quest for power was one of the reasons why AAP lost. Anna’s criticism came after AAP lost the recently concluded MCD elections

This had aggrieved some of AAP supporters who had then proceeded to bad mouth Anna Hazare by using vile comments like Sanghi chaddi and namak haraam (disloyal) among others.

This fever also seems to have caught Delhi’s Deputy CM Manish Sisodia whose official twitter account started retweeting tweets last night, which were casting aspersions on Anna’s character:

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The anti-Anna tweets that were shared by Sisodia

There was more:

It is one thing for ordinary AAP supporters to badmouth Anna, but it’s another when a senior leader of the party, who is also the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, starts re-tweeting them.

Now after about 14 hours post the incident was highlighted, Sisodia came out to claim that his account was hacked when the messages were retweeted. He also claimed he wasn’t even able to delete them. Maybe he isn’t aware that one can’t delete retweets but can easily un-retweet them:


He also claimed that he had the utmost respect for Anna and appealed to people to not believe the messages that were on his Twitter page for hours:


Interestingly this realization that his account was hacked came after Arvind Kejriwal put out a message on Twitter which called for introspection:


It remains to been seen whether the AAP government launches an investigation in order to probe the matter and catch the culprits who were responsible for the alleged hack, or this incident will also end up like the case of Rajdeep Sardesai, who had similarly claimed hacked account after people complained about him abusing common Twitter users.

ISIS targeting converted Hindus for terror operations in Indian subcontinent

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ISIS targeting converted Hindus for terror operations in Indian subcontinent

Jamaat-Ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh or JMB is a terrorist organization which operates from Bangladesh. It was reported to be behind the Dhaka Terror attack of 2016, which put Bangladesh on international terror map.

What makes this JMB even deadlier, especially for India, is the fact that it is now believed to be coordinating with the ISIS to spread terror in Bangladesh and India. Some of the larger plans of the JMB are publicizing the presence of ISIS in India and to also spur recruitment for the group.

Now it seems both the JMB and the ISIS are indulging in an unique radicalization process which is:

Targeting Hindus who have converted to Islam for spreading their terror operations in the Indian subcontinent or otherwise

Here are are few incidents on which the above assertion is based:

  • On 27th April authorities arrested three terrorists namely Tamim Dari, Kamrul Hasan and Md Mostofa Majumdar who were reported to be the members of a certain Sarowar-Tamim group of JMB. Bomb making materials, plastic explosives and armaments were recovered from the trio. Out of the three the terrorist Tamim Dari is stated to be a Hindu convert.
  • Acting on a tip, Bangladeshi counter-terrorism operatives raided a house on 21st April which reportedly acted as a hideout of neo-JMB members. As the operation went on the team recovered 15-16 Jihadi books along with various weapons. The report suggested that the house was owned by a man named Abdullah who had converted from Hinduism in 2012. He was previously named Provat Kumar Batul and after his conversion had also married a Muslim girl.
  • Such incidents about converted Jihadis have also emerged in India. According to a January 2017 report, the NIA had so far arrested 52 suspected ISIS terrorists. Reportedly 15% of these or roughly 7-8 terrorists were converts from Hinduism and Christianity. Apart from this, there were other interesting factors. About 80% of these 52 terrorists had acquired formal education and rest had gone to Madrasas. Also 20 out of the lot were believed to be engineers.
  • Reports surfaced in January 16 which claimed that an ISIS terrorist who threatened Britain in a video was believed to be British Indian youth named Siddhartha Dhar who had converted to Islam and relocated to Syria in 2014. Siddhartha had taken up the name Abu Rumaysah after his conversion.

This appears to be part of strategy by ISIS to target groups, which for various reasons, either feel victimised or have an axe to grind with non-Muslim ethnic groups. Earlier, Rohingya Muslims were also reported to have been identified as potential recruits by the ISIS.

AAP supporters hurl filthy abuses at each other over Kumar Vishwas

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AAP supporters hurl filthy abuses at each other over Kumar Vishwas

The humiliating defeat in MCD polls, which came after similar defeats in Goa and Punjab assembly polls, have taken heavy toll on the Aam Aadmi Party. Former party leaders like Yogendra Yadav and Mayank Gandhi criticised the party for losing track, which was followed by current leaders like Bhagwant Mann and Kapil Mishra too calling for serious analysis rather than coming up with EVM tampering excuse.

The latest to join this plan speak was senior leader Kumar Vishwas, who in an interview to a news channel echoed similar sentiments. Somehow this didn’t go well with some die-hard supporters of Arvind Kejriwal who decided to attack him and his supporters.

These supporters included a vocal and known face of AAP’s online support base named Navendu Sigh, who had earlier met Arvind Kejriwal in person. He led the attack against Vishwas calling him “Laundiabaaz”, “Kaamraaj” and “pervert”. It is interesting to note that these same supporters used to attack BJP and media when they questioned about alleged affairs of Kumar Vishwas.


Navendu Singh has since deactivated his account, but not before claiming that Kumar Vishwas was spreading his photoshopped pictures after he spoke against the poet-leader.


He also tweeted that Kumar Vishwas and his team were trying to harass and scare him for speaking against the party.


This mud-slinging between Kumar Vishwas supporters and Arvind Kejriwal supporters continued for hours. One supporter claimed that abuses and libelous statements like branding someone a rapist were being used in the party:


The mess didn’t stop here. Ankit Lal, the head of social media cell of AAP threatened above supporter by tweeting pictures of shoes:


The worst was yet to come. Aam Aadmi Party keeps mentioning that party supporters receive death threats from rival parties. However, this time the ugly fight between party members soon escalated to FIR and death threats.


The supporters of AAP are unleashing all their weapons which against each which they used against other supporters of other parties a few days back. One of the supporter of AAP has rightly pointed out that AAP is killing itself and no one else can be blamed for it.


Arun Jaitley releases book by someone who was excited over possibility of Narendra Modi’s death

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Arun Jaitley releases book by someone who was excited over possibility of Narendra Modi’s death

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today released book of a controversial television reporter who had once tweeted that the news of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, then the Chief Minister of Gujarat, contracting Swine Flu excited her.

While a politician is free to socialise and help anyone he deems fit for the job, what made the matter worse was the fact that the official Twitter handle of Ministry of Finance tweeted out this news:


It should be noted that the book had got nothing to do with Finance. The book is titled “Behind Bars” that apparently chronicles stories about certain popular personalities who had to spend some time in jail in connection with various cases.

It is written by an NDTV reporter called Sunetra Choudhury, who had once tweeted this about Narendra Modi:


In 2009, India had witnessed a Swine Flu pandemic that left over a thousand people dead. Any instance of contracting of this disease was seen as a serious medical challenge back then. On October 30, 2009, the Gujarat Government announced that its then Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who had just returned from an official trip to Russia, had tested positive for Swine Flu.

While it was a great cause of concern for BJP supporters and sensible people in general, Sunetra was feeling excited. The tweet was never deleted and she never apologised or explained what was so exciting about Narendra Modi getting a disease that was killing people.

With such a background, a senior BJP leader choosing to release book by such a person raised people’s eyebrows on social media. Not just a senior BJP leader, it was a case of a senior Cabinet Minister in Narendra Modi government using the government platform to promote a book by a person who virtually wished the current Prime Minister dead.

Sunetra Choudhary works as a field reporter cum anchor for NDTV, a struggling TV news channel that is under investigation by Jaitley’s own tax authorities on allegations of money laundering (a charge the channel vehemently denies).

There is even a book titled “NDTV Frauds” that talks about these irregularities by the news channel. That book was released by BJP leader Dr. Subramanian Swamy, who incidentally is no fan of Arun Jaitley.

Sunetra however, is not the only journalist or media person who had directly or indirectly wished Narendra Modi dead. Earlier a reporter with TV news channel Times Now had wished the same, but later deleted his tweet. Another author published by the news website The Quint had wished similar, which, for a change, led to his association with the news portal being cancelled.

AAP government slashes budget for a major electoral promise by 98%

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AAP government slashes budget for a major electoral promise by 98%

Aam Aadmi Party has been the latest major addition to the Indian politics and its rise has been nothing short of meteoric. After being launched in November 2012, the party enjoyed spectacular electoral success when it won 67 out of 70 seats in the 2015 Delhi assembly elections.

Apart from riding a strong anti-corruption plank and its supposed commitment towards providing clean transparent governance, one of the factor which contributed towards the party’s success were its election promises.

Certain promises like providing subsidized power and free water have been fulfilled, but other major promises that need actual groundwork to get going are languishing in oblivion.

One such major promise was the installment of CCTV cameras in Delhi Transport Corporation buses. This was pegged as an instrumental step towards ensuring women safety. But now just as the party look like fading from electoral limelight, this promise too might slowly be becoming history.

As per latest reports, the Delhi Government has decided to slash the Rs 100 crore budget earmarked for this project by a whooping 98%. An internal audit of the transport department till January 2017 showed that for the 2016-17 fiscal, the state government’s allocation for the project was slashed from Rs 90 crore to a paltry Rs 1 crore and the center’s contribution was brought down from Rs 10 crore to Rs 1 crore.

One of the issues why the project is unable to take off is the dispute between the Delhi Transport Corporation and the state transport department over who should be in-charge of the project. This issue has occupied matters so much that there has been zero utilization of the allocated amount for the scheme.

This isn’t the only scheme whose future is in the limbo, other promises like free Wi-Fi, women protection force, and a Jan Lokpal are also pending.

No funds were apparently allocated for the free Wi-Fi project during the Delhi government’s 2017-18 budget. The explanation afforded was that the government was still figuring out which transmission model to use for the deployment. Some models in contention were laying fiber optic cables or setting up of hotspots.

The status of the Delhi’s Lokpal is that as claimed by AAP government sources the bill has been passed by them but is pending approval of the center. Even if the lokpal bill is passed and enacted, there seem to be certain fundamental issues which might render it ineffective. The bill reportedly has not provided the Lokpal with the power to appoint its own staff, has no independent budget, has no dedicated investigation wing and can only recommend action against individuals and bodies rather than taking them.

Another promise of the party was the setting up of a citizen security force for women’s safety. This too seems to be pending and no funds have been allocated for this in the 2017-18 budget. The justification provided by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was that this security force and its functioning came under the Delhi police, which was completely under the authority of the Center.

Kashmir – the solution lies in being honest about the problem. And here it is

Abhishek Banerjee
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Kashmir – the solution lies in being honest about the problem. And here it is

Say “Kashmir” out loud and you immediately get to hear words like “alienation”.

As problems mount for the Indian state in Kashmir, slick “experts” have emerged from the woodwork to intellectualize the situation, essentially to make the stone-pelters’ case for them. Adding to the self-satisfaction of these vanity classes is the fact that this is happening while the Bharatiya Janata Party is in the saddle in New Delhi.

Meanwhile some intellectuals have started counting their chickens before they hatch. A few days ago, the formidable Pratap Bhanu Mehta declared, with barely, concealed glee, that “Kashmir has been lost on Modi’s watch”.

They say that Kashmir’s youth have finally lost all patience with the government in Delhi. Their hopes and dreams have all been belied. They no longer trust anything we say. They want “Azaadi” and they are going to take it now. They have been “alienated” to this hopeless extent.

At the core of this “alienation” hypothesis is an assumption that has never actually been challenged. The assumption is that Kashmiris are angry because of the way life turned out for them inside the Indian state.

Why? How do you know Kashmiris are angry because of something we did?

Obviously, you will point to pellet guns and all, but I am not talking about the incidents in last few months. The “Kashmiriyat” brigade is feeling “alienated” since time immemorial.

Let’s examine the foundations of the “alienation” hypothesis. What is the problem with the Indian state in Kashmir? Misgovernance? Corruption? I would be eager to know if there is any part of the country where misgovernance and corruption has not been endemic. No, that can’t be it.

Did India run some kind of extraction colony in Kashmir, snatching their natural resources? Absolutely not. On the contrary, Article 370 prevents other Indians from buying property in Kashmir. This protection is a purely one way street, since Kashmiris are allowed to freely acquire property in every part of the country.

In fact, the Indian state has always showered J&K with money. Further, the Indian state has always looked the other way as the lion’s share of this money was cornered by Kashmir by denying Jammu (and Ladakh) their due. Ironically, the latter two regions consist almost entirely of loyal citizens who would never dream of raising a hand against India.

Then where is this “alienation” coming from? I hear that the polls of 1987 were rigged and Kashmiris are angry about this. Seriously? They are still angry about rigged elections from 1987? Prior to the days of the legendary T N Seshan, most elections in India were marked by large scale fraud. Booth capturing and ballot box stuffing were routine. I believe it is not until 2005 that Bihar finally got to vote in a free and fair election. But the “Bihari separatist movement” has mostly been a non-starter. Wonder why?

Is it because of AFSPA? If the extraordinary violence in the Kashmir valley were to stop tomorrow, does anyone seriously believe that AFSPA would continue? Further, that is a chicken and egg problem.

Here’s an alternative hypothesis: The separatist Kashmiri Muslims hate us because they think they are fighting a battle with us that goes beyond this world and its worldly concerns. They are fighting to turn Kashmir from Dar-al-harb to Dar-al-Islam.

To “win” in Kashmir, we have to understand the motivations of the enemy. We have to understand what the enemy wants.

In this case, the enemy thinks they are being divinely guided from heaven. We can’t pacify them with “earth based incentives” of money, development schemes, jobs, etc.

Once we come to appreciate this, we can take the right steps in Kashmir. We have to lay down the law and make it clear that Dar-al-Islam in Kashmir doesn’t stand a chance. That resistance is futile.

Does that mean that we are doomed to fight an endless bloody war in Kashmir? Absolutely NOT.

Islam, incidentally, is a faith that makes surprisingly pragmatic prescriptions to its followers so as to address specific circumstances. For instance, a practice in Shia Islam called Taqqiya allows believers to deny their faith when faced with persecution. Really savvy, isn’t it? In a similar vein, Islamic scholars generally agree that Muslims should obey the laws of the country in which they live. Thus Islam generally does not recommend fighting foolish battles in which there is no hope of victory.

The reason there is still fighting in Kashmir is because they think they have a chance. The “alienation” brigade is fuelling this illusion, which makes them so dangerous. Take away this hope and Kashmir will be peaceful.

Kashmir is not a conflict about “alienation” or “rigged elections”. It’s a conflict about religion. The solutions begin only with accepting this fact.

Delhi Metro says passengers used public Wi-Fi to play porn on display screen

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Delhi Metro says passengers used public Wi-Fi to play porn on display screen

The Delhi Metro had suffered a huge embarrassment on April 9 when one of their LED screens at Rajiv Chowk station had started playing a pornographic clip reportedly for at least 10 minutes. The incident soon received nationwide attention and also became the butt of various jokes.

A week later, on 17th April, it was reported that the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) had started probing the incident. The initial findings had suggested that the DMRC was questioning staff members, including those of the contractual company that was tasked to run the LED screens. Interestingly the probe authorities had also indicated that commuters could also have had a possible involvement in this case.

Now the DMRC has submitted the probe report to the Delhi police has reported put the blame for the incident on mischievous commuters.

Reportedly, three young men have been identified as culprits based on CCTV footage near the site. The probe also points towards a dramatic series of events where the youths were allegedly doubling up their phones as remotes to control the led screen and then played the porn clip via Wi-Fi on the TV.

The probe report also claims that the TV screen was newly commissioned and did not yet have security features enabled, which had rendered its Wi-Fi port open. The police who have been given all the CCTV footage of the are now trying to track the movements of the young men and ascertain their identities.

Assuming the Delhi Metro’s version is correct, it still doesn’t negate the fact that insiders or staff members too might have also been responsible for the whole fiasco. Even though the said process used by the youths is certainly possible, it needs a smart TV with an open Wi-Fi port which is accessible to all. Plus the whole process of turning the mobile into a remote, operating it in front of all people, plus connecting it over an open Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi direct connection is a remarkably cumbersome and does point to serious security lapses.

Even though in this case the video was used to play a porn clip, in the future such a flaw may also be misused for some dangerous business like spreading rumours or disseminating wrong passenger info, which might spread panic in one of the most crowded metro stations of Delhi.

Priyanka Gandhi bought land, 4 years later sold it back to owner at 5.3 times the original price

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Priyanka Gandhi bought land, 4 years later sold it back to owner at 5.3 times the original price

Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka Gandhi has been found to have undertaken a land transaction that is raising some eyebrows.

According to reports, Priyanka had bought 5 acres of agricultural land in Amipur village in Faridabad district of Haryana for Rs 15 lakh on April 28, 2006. That piece of land was resold to the original owner around four years later on February 17, 2010 at a price of Rs 80 lakh.

While the nature of transaction itself is intriguing, what complicated the matter further is that it came under the radar of Dhingra Commission, which was set up in May 2015 by the new Haryana government led by BJP’s Manohar Lal Khattar to look into some deals involving Robert Vadra, husband of Priyanka Gandhi. Vadra had received money from real estate company DLF, and the commission looked into th possibility if a part of that money was used by his wife to buy properties in Faridabad in Haryana.

In a statement issued by her office, Priyanka said the source of funds for the land purchase was “rental income” from the property “inherited from her maternal grandmother” and it had nothing to do with Robert Vadra or his business/land deals or with the DLF.

However, a clear reading of the statement issued by Priyanka’s office suggests that she had brought the land at circle rate (much lower than market rate at virtually all places) and then sold it at market rate. Though this is not illegal, one wonders why the seller would settle for such a transaction.

While Priyanka Gandhi appears safe as of now, Justice SN Dhingra Commission in its report has reportedly concluded that Robert Vadra made unlawful profits of Rs 50.5 crore from a land deal in Haryana in 2008 without spending a single paisa. The Commission has sought an inquiry into the property bought by Vadra and his businesses. The Haryana government has recently submitted the report in the Supreme Court.

After the Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP government took the reins in Haryana, it constituted a one-man commission headed by (Rtd) Justice SN Dhingra in 2015 to probe the illegal land deals. Vadra is accused of buying 31 properties in and around Delhi from DLF’s unsecured loans at prices that were much lower than the prevailing market rate.

Further, there were allegations that realty giant DLF had enjoyed a quid pro quo with Vadra in the illegal land deals. Vadra’s company Skylight Hospitality is accused of buying a 3.5 acre plot in Shikohpur village near Manesar at a cost of Rs 7 crore and then selling it to DLF for Rs 58 crore. The previous Congress government in Haryana allegedly tweaked the rules to facilitate the illegal deal.

Now with this latest revelations, it appears that Priyanka Gandhi too has made profits by buying and selling lands. As of now, she is denying any wrongdoing in her dealings, though the BJP has decided to make it an issue:


This is not the first time Priyanka got caught in an illegal property deal. Earlier in 2010, Priyanka’s summer holiday home in Charabbra village of Shimla came under scanner. She was accused of building the house on a land she had allegedly acquired illegally.

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