Virtually coming to the defence of Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, facing allegations over property dealings with DLF, Karnataka Governor H R Bhardwaj today said many such charges had been made against the Gandhi family in the past but they "fell like nine pins."

"Many allegations were levelled against the Gandhi family even in the past. Indira Gandhi was also attacked. But she had a towering personality and fought back. Morarji Bhai (late Prime Minister Morarji Desai) made so many cases against her but they fell like nine pins," he said.

Bhardwaj, a former Union Law Minister, was replying to a question on the allegations levelled by social activists Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan of India Against Corruption that realty major DLF had favoured Vadra, who has, however, dismissed it as "utterly false and defamatory."

The question is people should build their personality in such a way that attack fails, Bhardwaj said, adding "you have to be above controversy and transparent." Bhardwaj said it was also wrong to level allegations against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

"Opposition parties should also take note of the Prime Minister's image before launching a tirade against him," he added.