Pushed to the wall on Jay Shah: BJP raises bogey against Robert Vadra

New Delhi, Oct 17: At the receiving end of defalcation charges against party chief Amit Shah's son, the BJP on Tuesday upped the ante against Congress and the 'first family' of Congress party and questioned the "silence" on alleged nexus between Robert Vadra and fugitive arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari. "Why Congress President (Sonia Gandhi) and Vice President (Rahul Gandhi) are keeping studied silence.....The Congress leadership cannot remain silent," BJP leader and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters here even as she admitted that Mr Vadra is a "private person". "Yes, he is private person but he is also the son-in-law of first family of the Congress party.... and all these transactions and tele phone talks between Bhandari and Robert Vadra took place in around 2010 during the tenure of UPA-2," she said in reply to a question. She said earlier the Congress spokespersons had dismissed the allegations saying mere purported telephonic talks cannot establish any motive but added that : "the fresh media expose only talk about transactions with financial implications". Maintaining that a sum of 7.5 lakh Swiss Franc has been reportedly deposited in the account of Sanjay Bhandari, the Defence Minister said, "we are only asking is there a link". She said there have been claims that Robert Vadra had held telephonic talks with Bhandari for "refurbishing" his London House.  UNI