Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal Saturday stuck tohis allegations against Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress chief SoniaGandhi, saying he had just put certain facts in public domain which need to beanswered.
India Against Corruption (IAC) leader Kejriwal and hislawyer colleague Prashant Bhushan alleged Friday that Vadra had bought propertyin Gurgaon and other places at below market rates and sold them at a hugeprofit.
"We are not passing a judgement. We have put certainfacts in the public domain. Why doesn't he (Vadra) answer them," Kejriwalasked while speaking to a TV chanel.
The Congress has defended Vadra.
Asking why real estate giant DLF sold properties worth Rs.35crore to Vadra for Rs.5 crore, Kejriwal said: "I am ready to facedefamation charges if the corruption charges against Robert Vadra are provenwrong. Why is the Congress silent on the merits of the case."
"The charges against him are baseless andmalicious," Congress spokesperson Sandeep Dikshit said.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad andCPI-M leader Brinda Karat demanded a probe into the matter.
Anna Hazare has sought a judicial probe into Vadra's assets.
Kejriwal denied he was targeting Vadra for being related tothe Gandhis and also to get mileage for his yet-to-be-named political outfitand challenged the news channel to get the businessman to answer the charges.
"People will not agree we targeted him for beingGandhi's son-in-law," said Kejriwal.
The activist also denied Law and Justice Minister SalmanKhurshid's charge that he was indulging in blackmail by levelling false chargesagainst Vadra.
Claiming to be neutral, the activist said both the Congressand the BJP alleged that he was their rival's agent.
Stating he had not read the reports about the DLF-Vadra linkpublished in The Economic Times newspaper in March 2011, Kejriwal said therewas no harm in repeating the same.
Kejriwal also launched a 'bijli-paani satyagraha' Saturdayto protest against alleged inflated power and water bills in Delhi.