NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra on Monday deleted his Facebook account after a fracas over his status message on the social networking site.
Vadra's status message "Mango people in a banana republic" was a dig at IAC membersArvind Kejriwal and senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan, who on Friday leveled allegations of corruption against him.
Before deleting his account, Vadra reportedly wrote on his page, "Obviously, it seems I have people on my Facebook account who do not have a sense of humour. Everything I write becomes news and further debates on television?? I have decided to delete my account."
Earlier in the day, IAC member Kumar Vishwas demanded an apology over the status message, saying it was an insult to the nation. "Today Robert Vadra has written 'mango people in banana republic' on his Facebook page... it is ok to call us mango people or aam aadmi but referring to the country as a banana republic is shameful," Vishwas said.
He added that Vadra's mother-in-law was ruling the country and would be answerable as to why India was being called a banana republic.
Earlier, Vadra had used his Facebook page to deny allegations of undue favor given by realty major DLF made by the activists.Source-TOI
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