Hitting out at the Congress chief, Irani said Robert Vadra was “merely a mask” in the controversial land deals, and Rahul Gandhi was the “real face”. In a spirited defence, Surjewala said Rahul Gandhi purchased 6.456 acres of land in Hassanpur village in Haryana’s Palwal district on March 3, 2008. On July 26, 2012, Rahul Gandhi gave the 6.4 acres of land to Priyanka Gandhi through a gift deed, registered in the office of the sub-registrar. Priyanka Gandhi, on August 12, 2014, gifted the land to Vipassana Sadhna Sansthan, a not-for-profit spiritual organisation. “The purchase of land was done by Rahul Gandhi out of his own funds paid from his bank account.

Source: Hindustan Times March 13, 2019 19:18 UTC