Rahul Gandhi claims Modi govt 'protecting' Adani
New Delhi, February 8: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been protecting industrialist Gautam Adani and said that he wasn't satisfied with the former's reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President's address in Parliament.
Rahul said to reporters after PM Modi finished his speech in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, "I am not satisfied with the PM's speech. However, it has revealed the truth. His speech had nothing about an inquiry (into the Adani Group in the wake of the Hindenburg report). It's clear that the PM is protecting him (Gautam Adani)."
The Congress MP further alleged that PM Modi did not answer any of the questions raised by him.
"The PM, in his speech' did not answer any (of his) questions. He was shell-shocked. I did not raise any difficult questions. They were simple questions that he dodged," Rahul added.
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He went on to say that if PM Modi wasn't friends with Gautam Adani, he would have mentioned that an investigation into the latter's businesses would be conducted in the aftermath of the Hindenburg report.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out at the previous Congress government in the Lok Sabha, saying it turned "every opportunity into a crisis" during its ten years in power from 2004 to 2014.
Further, PM Modi asserted that the Congress' rule from 2004 to 2014 was "full of scams."
"Between 2004 to 2014, the Indian economy suffered and inflation soared to double digits. This is why if anything good happens, their disappointment (of the Opposition) increases," PM Modi said.
- ANI
