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Though he was initially a Facebook ‘friend’ of mine, we did not know each other well beyond the cursory exchange of hellos at large gatherings. His friends insisted that he was a down-to-earth, unfussy guy. I wasn’t so sure that description fit his flamboyant and loud persona, figure-hugging t-shirts and beefed up body. Before the surfacing of accusations that he had made his wealth off sweetheart business deals enabled by political influence, Robert even contemplated joining politics.

In an interview to me in 2012, he did not rule it out saying he would think about a political career, ‘the day I feel that I can make a difference for the people, and the people would like me representing them, and it’s a complete focus; because I feel you can’t do two things, business or something else and politics. I want to do it for the right reasons and make a difference. That calling will come at some stage, I feel.’ Curiously, on that same day, Priyanka told reporters that Robert was a ‘happy businessman’ and he was ‘not interested’ in entering politics. Priyanka was enormously protective of Robert. Some month