Vadra guilty of misuse of power: Bhushan

November 29, 2014 06:50 pm | Updated May 03, 2016 04:33 pm IST - Bengaluru

NEW DELHI, 02/10/2012:India Against Corruption activists Prashant Bushan, Arvind Kejriwal, Shanti Bhushan, Gopal Rai and others during the announcement of their political party, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Oct 02, 2012. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty

NEW DELHI, 02/10/2012:India Against Corruption activists Prashant Bushan, Arvind Kejriwal, Shanti Bhushan, Gopal Rai and others during the announcement of their political party, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Oct 02, 2012. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Prashant Bhushan on Saturday accused Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, of being guilty of misuse of power as he got flight tickets upgraded in a private airline.

“He (Vadra) is clearly guilty of using his position and proximity to a powerful family in getting these free upgrades to his family,” he told reporters here.

Tehelka Magazine claimed yesterday that some officials, bureaucrats and other VIPs had “abused” their status to get free tickets and other facilities from a private airline in gross violation of service rules and propriety.

Mr. Bhushan also rapped the airline for giving these kind of upgrades to Mr. Vadra and other influential persons. “It is also the fault of the airlines which has been doing this. They should not be allowing such sort of misuse of power and proximity to a powerful family,” he said.

“This only shows the kind of low moral standards of Vadra and the officials of the airline for upgrading him and his family without any charges,” he said.

The magazine had alleged that Mr. Vadra had got several upgrades on international sectors for himself, one of his associates and his children and his mother.

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