On Monday, day one of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha adjourned over the issue of the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust in Gurgaon. Today, after four days of silence, Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari said nobody was pressurised to lease land to the Trust. 

Addressing a news conference in New Delhi, Tiwari said the amount proposed by the village council for acquiring the land was minimal, so the trust agreed to pay an appropriate amount for the land.  

"There is absolutely no question of any pressure being put on any individual much less the panchayat (village council) of a village.

"The panchayat took a decision that the land should be leased to the trust for a charitable purpose. In fact what the panchayat had proposed was a very minimal or a nominal or a notional rent which was rejected by the trust and an appropriate rent was agreed to," said Tiwari.