After BJP's Vadra assault, Congress hits back hard

New Delhi: The Congress hit back at the BJP on Wednesday over allegations of Robert Vadra's links with a fugitive arms dealer, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making 100 tours within India and abroad on private chartered planes as Gujarat chief minister and asking who paid for them.

Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi also accused the BJP of "witch-hunt and vendetta" against party chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law.

Singhvi, with Gujarat Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia by his side, released a purported list of Modi's visits abroad and within the country from 2003 to 2007 when he was the chief minister and asked who funded those. The two leaders claimed neither the government nor the BJP paid to private players owning the chartered planes used by Modi.

The details of Modi's visits were made available in response to an RTI query, they said, adding Rs 16.56 crore was spent on those trips, including Rs 3 crore on visits abroad.