‘It is evident PM Modi is defending Adani’: Rahul Gandhi

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged it was clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was defending Gautam Adani as he didn’t order an inquiry into the allegations levelled in opposition to the industrialist by a US-based analysis agency.

He stated the prime minister didn’t reply the questions he had posed to him.

“I am not satisfied, but it reveals the truth. There was no talk of an inquiry. If he is not a friend, then he should have agreed to an inquiry. There was no probe into shell companies in the defence sector and benami money is changing hands, but the prime minister did not say anything on that.”

“It is clear that the prime minister is protecting him,” Gandhi informed reporters after the prime minister’s reply to the movement of thanks on the President’s tackle.

“He (PM) is surely trying to protect him (Adani) and I understand this and there are reasons for it,” he additionally stated.

Gandhi stated this is a matter of nationwide safety and issues the nation’s infrastructure and the prime minister ought to have stated that there shall be a probe into the allegations.

“This is a very big scam. He did not even say that. He (PM) is surely trying to protect him (Adani) and I understand this and there are reasons for it,” he stated.

Asked if he received the solutions to his questions, the previous Congress chief stated, “I did not get any reply from the prime minister to my questions.”

“The prime minister was shell-shocked. He was in shock and there was no answer. I have not asked any complicated questions. I only asked how many times he (Adani) has gone with you. How many times did he meet you. I posed simple questions but got no answers,” he stated.

“I am not satisfied, but it reveals the truth,” he stated when requested if he was glad with the prime minister’s reply.

AICC normal secretary Jairam Ramesh described the prime minister’s reply in Parliament as diversionary and stated there was not even a phrase on his “links” along with his favorite “businessmen.”

“Divert. Defame. Denigrate. Deny. The 4 Ds in PM’s personal fashion that describes his so-called reply in Parliament.

“Not a word – direct or indirect – on the prime minister’s links with his favourite businessman, Adani, or his ghotalas,” Ramesh stated on Twitter after the prime minister’s speech.

Sharing photos of Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan in Rajya Sabha and Prime Minister Modi in Lok Sabha, he tweeted, “At 5:15 pm today. One of India’s most famous actress on the right speaking in Rajya Sabha. India’s most famous actor on the left speaking in the Lok Sabha.”

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NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged it was clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was defending Gautam Adani as he didn’t order an inquiry into the allegations levelled in opposition to the industrialist by a US-based analysis agency.

He stated the prime minister didn’t reply the questions he had posed to him.

“I am not satisfied, but it reveals the truth. There was no talk of an inquiry. If he is not a friend, then he should have agreed to an inquiry. There was no probe into shell companies in the defence sector and benami money is changing hands, but the prime minister did not say anything on that.”

“It is clear that the prime minister is protecting him,” Gandhi informed reporters after the prime minister’s reply to the movement of thanks on the President’s tackle.

“He (PM) is surely trying to protect him (Adani) and I understand this and there are reasons for it,” he additionally stated.

Gandhi stated this is a matter of nationwide safety and issues the nation’s infrastructure and the prime minister ought to have stated that there shall be a probe into the allegations.

“This is a very big scam. He did not even say that. He (PM) is surely trying to protect him (Adani) and I understand this and there are reasons for it,” he stated.

Asked if he received the solutions to his questions, the previous Congress chief stated, “I did not get any reply from the prime minister to my questions.”

“The prime minister was shell-shocked. He was in shock and there was no answer. I have not asked any complicated questions. I only asked how many times he (Adani) has gone with you. How many times did he meet you. I posed simple questions but got no answers,” he stated.

“I am not satisfied, but it reveals the truth,” he stated when requested if he was glad with the prime minister’s reply.

AICC normal secretary Jairam Ramesh described the prime minister’s reply in Parliament as diversionary and stated there was not even a phrase on his “links” along with his favorite “businessmen.”

“Divert. Defame. Denigrate. Deny. The 4 Ds in PM’s personal fashion that describes his so-called reply in Parliament.

“Not a word – direct or indirect – on the prime minister’s links with his favourite businessman, Adani, or his ghotalas,” Ramesh stated on Twitter after the prime minister’s speech.

Sharing photos of Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan in Rajya Sabha and Prime Minister Modi in Lok Sabha, he tweeted, “At 5:15 pm today. One of India’s most famous actress on the right speaking in Rajya Sabha. India’s most famous actor on the left speaking in the Lok Sabha.”

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