SENSATIONAL: Bought land and gifted it to Priyanka, admits Rahul Gandhi remaining silent on deal's link with arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari

After massive newsbreak by OpIndia and Republic TV which reported how Congress President Rahul Gandhi h alleged links with arms lobbyist Sanjay Bhandari - a close aide of Robert Vra - through a series of land deals done through one HL Pahwa, Congress party has mitted to deal, defending its legitimacy while choosing to remaining silent on connection to Bhandari.

Bharatiya Janata Party h raked up this matter on Wednesday and demanded Rahul Gandhi to explain his relation with Bhandari. Under pressure, Congress has released an explanation which has been accessed by Republic TV, mentioning Rahul Gandhi h initially bought land from HL Pahwa, but later transferred it to his sister, who in turn donated it to a non-profit organisation.

In its effort to rebut report, Congress party has claimed that its president h purchased 6.456 acre of land from for Rs 26.47 lakh, which was all paid through cheque in March 2008. 

Four years later, ie on July 2012, Congress president h 'gifted' land to his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vra, who h in turn in August 2014 gifted land to a not for profit spiritual organisation, party claims.

Congress concluded its defence of Rahul Gandhi by stating that party chief did not, at any point, have any connection with any individual whatsoever during land deal.

With this statement, party has accepted that Rahul Gandhi h bought land and gifted it to her sister, but remained mum on HL Pahwa whom it is n possible to connect to Sanjay Bhandari.

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report by OpIndia, which h accessed ED documents from searches conducted on H L Pahwa on May 3, 2017, and May 4, 2017, proved that re were land dealings between Rahul Gandhi and HL Pahwa. latter is alleged to be on  payroll of CC Thampi, who is connected to both Sanjay Bhandari and Robert Vra.

Here is a brief about various connection which were found out from newsbreak:

• Rahul Gandhi allegedly purchased land from HL Pahwa, as did Priyanka Gandhi Vra and Robert Vra, as per documents above. Rahul Gandhi's purchase was at a price lesser than what was initially quoted by Pahwa, while Priyanka Gandhi Vra later sold back her property to Pahwa for an inflated price.
• Pahwa allegedly managed to fund re-purchase of Priyanka Gandhi's land parcel after receiving an enormous sum of money from CC Thampi. Thampi h property dealings with Sanjay Bhandari that also allegedly involved Robert Vra.
• Sanjay Bhandari h allegedly attempted to lobby for a Rafale offset contract and is also accused of being connected to Ministry of Defence documents going missing.