There is nothing to hide or be afraid of: Amit Shah on Adani
14 Feb 2023 11:30:05
New Delhi, Feb 14: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday broke his silence on Congress allegations of the Adani Group being favored by the Modi government. A massive political showdown has erupted between the Modi government and the opposition over the latest Hindenburg report on the Adani Group. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi had accused the Centre of giving favors to the business conglomerate.
During his motion of thanks speech to the President's address in the Lok Sabha, Gandhi had posed a series of questions to PM Modi, linking him to Adani's meteoric rise. Parts of the Wayanad MP's speech were expunged from the Parliament records.
The opposition parties including Congress have been targeting the Modi government over the Adani issue. Leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe against Adani. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was interrupted several times during his speech in both Houses of Parliament last week. The Congress chanted ‘Adani Adani’ in response to the PM's attack on the Grand Old Party in his speeches. Terming the opposition allegations as baseless, PM Modi said the blessings of India's 1.4 billion people who got basic services for the first time under his government is an armor that baseless allegations by the opposition cannot pierce.
Union parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey had moved a breach of privilege notice against Gandhi against his remarks on PM Modi. Later, the Lok Sabha secretariat asked the Congress leader to file a reply by Wednesday.