Madhusudan Mistry loses cool when asked about Vadra deals

LUCKNOW: Congress general secretary and UP in charge Madhusudan Mistry lost his cool on Friday when he was asked about Robert Vadra’s land deals in Haryana. He not only used harsh words for Prime Minister Narendra Modi but also blamed a section of media for being partial to the NDA government. He was interacting informally with a select group of reporters at the Congress office about the meeting of the party’s district chiefs.
“Robert Vadra ko bewajah target kiya jaa raha hai (Robert Vadra is being framed). Media does not want to inquire the land deals in Modi’s Gujarat, but is showing tailored programmes on Vadra for four days continuously,” Mistry said. “Media , a section of it at least is with the NDA government. There is a deep rooted conspiracy to discredit the Gandhi family and a campaign has been unleashed by the BJP government and the media. BJP dange karati hai aur dange kara ke chunav jeetati hai (BJP engineers riots and then wins elections on communal polarisation),” he went on ranting.
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When asked but despite this Narendra Modi-led BJP was on a winning spree, Mistry totally lost his cool. “Uska naam mere saamne mat lo, mera khoon khaul jaata hai sun lijiye (Don’t take his name in front of me. My blood boils),” said the Congress leader, who contested against Modi in 2014 polls and lost his deposit.

Robert Vadra has winded up six of his companies even as one of his firms reported a profit of Rs 33 crore in 2012-13. (TOI photo)
After this, he went on describing Modi as a ‘pathological liar’ and a ‘murderer’ leading to a complete silence in the conference hall, leaving UPCC chief Nirmal Khatri and other senior leaders stunned.
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Earlier, when asked how the party will manage the required 38 votes to get its candidate PL Punia elected to the Rajya Sabha, Mistry said: “Only time will tell how will we win.” When he was told about the rebellion in the party on Punia’s name, Mistry curtly said that this was the internal matter of the party and media should not ask about this.
However, when a question was asked about Congress chief’s son-in-law Robert Vadra’s deals, all hell broke loose and the press conference was ended abruptly.