The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday hit back at Rahul Gandhi , after the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha questioned the Narendra Modi government over US authorities indicting industrialist Gautam Adani for bribery charges. At a press conference, Gandhi demanded Adani's arrest and said,“We are going to raise this issue (in Parliament). It is my responsibility as LoP to raise this issue.
The PM is 100% protecting this man (Adani) and this man fully supports BJP. We will reiterate the demand for a JPC." BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra while saying that “law will take its own course”, trained guns at the Congress leader.
ALSO READ: Adani group stocks nosedive; Adani Enterprises, Adani Energy Solutions tank 20% “Since 2002, Rahul Gandhi, his mother Sonia Gandhi and the Congress have been trying to tarnish Modi's image, but they have not succeeded and the prime minister received the highest civilian award in a foreign country on a day the opposition party was attacking him,” PTI quoted Patra as saying. ‘If Adani is corrupt, why are Cong govts seeking investments from him?’: BJP During the press conference, Patra cited the Adani Group's investments in states ruled by Congress and allies. “ It (Adani Group) invested ₹ 25k crore and ₹ 65k crore in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan when Bhupesh Baghel and Ashok Gehlot were at the helm there respectively.
The conglomerate invested ₹ 45k crore in the DMK-ruled Tamil Nadu and had recently given ₹ 100 crore donati.