Will join politics at right time for right cause: Robert Vadra

NEW DELHI: Businessman Robert Vadra has said that he will join politics at the "right time for the right cause" with the consent of his family and that his wife Priyanka Gandhi should also enter public life.

In an interview to Zee news, Vadra said just as in his case he would not be pushed, Priyanka's entry into politics will be decided according to the need to do so at a particular point in time.

The interview is one of many Vadra has recently given in which he speaks about his political plans. Political circles point out that he has done so even after Priyanka indicated that his business interests are likely to keep him busy.

"It is preconceived that anybody who is in politics is there with a wrong intention. No matter how much I am pushed, I want to join politics at the right time for the right cause," Vadra said.

"There is a right time for everything. I will join politics with my family's consent. And once I do, I will remain unfazed by the expectations of the media and the people," the Gandhi family son-in-law said.

He repeated that the current phase of family participation in politics was Rahul Gandhi's. "I will definitely say that the current time belongs to Rahul Gandhi. I reckon throughout his life, he has been dedicated towards the development of Uttar Pradesh, the entire country and the people," he said.

Vadra said he was essentially a "simple person" and that he has never used his wife's prominence to get anything in life. "I am grounded I do not want to touch the sky," he said.

He also touched on his estrangement from his family after marriage. "I was tough on my family in issuing the legal notice to disown them because unlike me they could not cope with the pressure. But, it hurts when their death and suicide are linked to it. There was a 10-year gap," he added.