Robert Vadra's income drops from ₹55 lakh to ₹15 lakh in Modi 2.0. Check details

Robert Vadra's income has decreased from ₹55 lakh to ₹15 lakh over the past four years, according to the election affidavit filed by his wife, Priyanka Gandhi.

The affidavit shows that Robert Vadra's total income in FY 2019-20 was ₹55.58 lakh, which dropped to ₹11.38 lakh in FY 2020-21. His income for FY 2021-22, FY 2022-23, and FY 2023-24 were ₹9.03 lakh, ₹9.35 lakh, and ₹15.09 lakh, respectively.

Meanwhile, Priyanka Gandhi's income in FY 2019-20 was ₹69 lakh, decreasing to ₹19.81 lakh in FY 2020-21. Her income increased to ₹45.56 lakh in FY 2021-22, ₹47.21 lakh in FY 2022-23, and ₹46.39 lakh in FY 2023-24. These figures include rental income and interest from banks and other investments.



Priyanka declared movable assets worth over ₹4.24 crore, which include deposits in three bank accounts, investments in mutual funds, PPF, a Honda CRV car gifted by Robert Vadra, and over 4,400 grams of gold valued at ₹1.15 crore.

Her immovable assets are worth more than ₹7.74 crore, consisting of two inherited half-shares of agricultural land in Mehrauli, New Delhi, and a half-share in a farmhouse building, all of which together are now valued at over ₹2.10 crore. Additionally, she owns a self-acquired residential property in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, currently valued at over ₹5.63 crore.


Priyanka holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Buddhist Studies through distance learning from the University of Sunderland, UK, and a BA (Hons) in Psychology from Delhi University. She has liabilities of ₹15.75 lakh.

She is also undergoing Income Tax reassessment proceedings for the 2012-13 assessment year, requiring her to pay over ₹15 lakh in taxes, as per the affidavit.

The affidavit further reveals that Priyanka is facing two FIRs. The first, registered in Madhya Pradesh in 2023, falls under IPC sections 420 (cheating) and 469 (forgery), based on a private complaint alleging misleading tweets. The second FIR, registered in Uttar Pradesh in 2020, is under sections 188 (disobedience to a public servant's order), 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection), and 270 (malignant act likely to spread infection) of the IPC for her protest against the Hathras incident.

Both Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi were charged for allegedly violating prohibitory orders under CrPC section 144 and the Epidemic Diseases Act during their walk towards Hathras to meet the family of a Dalit rape victim in 2020.