Robert Vadra leaves for Day 2 of ED questioning

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Robert Vadra left for the second day of questioning by the ED. He was questioned for over six hours on day 1 of questioning.

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00:00More news coming in, Robert Wadra leaves for day two of the ED grilling is what we know.

00:05Yesterday he was questioned by the ED for six hours in connection with the Skylight Hospitality DLF land deal

00:11which has been under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate.

00:15Previously he had been issued summons on the 8th of April which he had skipped.

00:19Finally he marched to the ED office yesterday with his supporters.

00:23He was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate for six hours.

00:27Today is day two of Robert Wadra's questioning is what we know.

00:33He said truth will prevail and that he is being targeted.

00:36Ashutosh is getting in more details.

00:38It's day two of questioning.

00:40Ashutosh, take us with the details of what was the line of questioning yesterday.

00:44He was spoken to for six and a half hours or so and what is expected today?

00:53Second day of questioning as you said and earlier also in 2019 Robert Wadra has been questioned.

00:57multiple times and in fact he has been presence with the ED at least more than 10 hours even yesterday.

01:03This is the second day of questioning and since a very old case almost the question that is already

01:08that ED has done and in fact even sending thousands of the pages question at the response has been filed by Robert Wadra.

01:15So this is a physical questioning by the Enforcement Directorate on the second day

01:19and what you see in the images from his residents are likely to come out anytime soon.

01:24So line of the questioning of course is remains on the transactions and the transactions of one property

01:28and then selling it to another, whether there are any conflict of interest.

01:32Now this early morning when Robert Wadra spoke to some news agencies he said that clearly had he been with the BJP

01:39probably this case could not have been like this and perhaps there would not have been case pursued by the agencies.

01:46What you see in these images are the few of his supporters are also here

01:49and so technicalities as far as this case is concerned looking at the magnitude of the probe

01:54that has been literally crawling with a crawling speed by the investigative agency

01:58and it has been nearly taking a decade to just even investigate a case.

02:03So what it more looks like politically taking more epicenter

02:06particularly in the light that we have seen yesterday ED filing charge sheet against Gandhi families

02:12Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and now second day of Robert Wadra.

02:15So more than a merit of the case of the investigation which not only raising question also on the agency

02:20is about the slow and crawling speed of the investigation

02:23and subsequently also on the political aspect of it that we are already seeing outreach by the Congress Party.

02:28I'm also going to go across to Amit Bhardwaj for more on that of course the political fallout of the same

02:34is what we have seen with the Congress and the other members of the opposition.

02:38Amit saying that look at the speed in which the investigation is being done.

02:44In the past the court has in fact told the SIT that there is crawling speed

02:48and why is it taking so long?

02:51What is the option really before Robert Wadra legally speaking?

02:58Well Sneha it's going to be a two side war as far as this case is concerned for Robert Wadra

03:05one obviously being the legal side where he has to respond to the questions of the enforcement directorate

03:11and the agencies that are investigating this particular case

03:13but the other side seems to be more interesting as far as the political optics is concerned

03:19because the kind of political message that Robert Wadra tried to send across yesterday

03:23is very important to note.

03:25He chose to march from his Sujan Singh Park residence to the ED headquarters

03:29you know giving sort of similar pictures to that of Bharat Jodhoyatra

03:33while he was speaking about quote unquote misuse of the central agencies

03:38he said that while Rahul Gandhi is being stopped to speak in the parliament time

03:42being stopped on the ground.

03:43So clearly it was a political message that Robert Wadra wanted to give out

03:48and it has been duly you know accepted as well and has started to resonate within the Congress party's ecosystem

03:55because today what we see is that while the Congress party is holding protests across the country

04:00against the ED action on Sunya Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party leadership

04:06they are also connecting the hint that has been given by Robert Wadra yesterday.

04:11So clearly Congress party trying to push a narrative of a political vendetta

04:15and that's what Robert Wadra must have also wanted yesterday

04:19that the larger picture that's going to be drawn over the allegations of misuse of agencies

04:25he is able to get attached in that narrative as well

04:29and he has successfully been able to do so.

04:31So clearly we'll have to watch out today when Robert Wadra steps in

04:35through this particular lane into the AD headquarters

04:38whether he will choose to speak or stay silent

04:41because yesterday when I spoke to him

04:44he had claimed that political vendetta is being done against him

04:47while after he stepped out of the ED office

04:50after questioning of over six hours

04:53what he said was that same set of questions are being asked from him

04:57the way it was asked in 2019

04:59the questions he has already answered in 2019

05:01so he will continue to respond to those questions.

05:04So clearly two set of battles

05:06one legal the other is political

05:07and Robert Wadra is trying to play as much as political optics he can

05:13but having said that

05:15he will have to respond to the questions of the enforcement directorate

05:18and fight it out in the court as well

05:19if and when the matter reaches the trial stage.

05:23Back to you.

05:23Alright I'm going to thank you for getting in those details.

05:25Thank you for getting in those details.

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