Parliament Budget Session: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday used his address in Parliament over the Motion Of Thanks on President's address to target the Modi government over the ongoing Adani row. Speaking in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi said while during his just concluded 'Bharat Jodo Yatra', people talked about inflation, unemployement and other issues facing them, the President's address had no mention of 'berozgaari'.
"People told me that the Agniveer scheme has come from the RSS," the Wayanad MP said. "People are suffering due to government's policies," he added.
Gandhi then tried to grab attention raising the Adani issue and alleged that the Modi government tweaked rules to favour his industrialist Gautam Adani.
"People want to know about Modi-Adani relationship. Rules were overlooked to favour Adani," Rahul Gandhi said. "From Tamil Nadu, Kerala to Himachal Pradesh we have been listening one name everywhere 'Adani'. Across the entire country, it's just 'Adani', 'Adani', 'Adani'...people used to ask me that Adani enters any business and never fails. Youth asked us that Adani is now in 8-10 sectors & that how his net worth reached $140 billion from $8 billion from 2014 to 2022," he went on to add.
PM Modi will do his best to avert discussion on Adani: Rahul Gandhi
Earlier on Monday, Gandhi had said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will do his best to avert a discussion on the Adani issue in Parliament, asserting that the country should know what power is behind the billionare businessman.
"Modi ji will do his best to avert a discussion on Adani ji in Parliament. There is a reason for it and you know that. I want there should be a discussion on Adani issue and the truth should come out. The lakhs and crores of corruption that has taken place should come out. The country should know what is the power behind Adani," Gandhi told reporters in Delhi.
"For a number of years, I have been talking about the government and 'Hum do, Humare do'. The government does not want and is scared of a discussion in Parliament on Adani ji. The government should allow a discussion in Parliament and there will be attempts to avoid it," he also said.
Congress keeps attacking govt on Adani row
The Congress has stepped up the offensive against the government over the Adani-Hindenburg issue and is seeking a discussion in Parliament.
The party has also demanded an impartial investigation under the supervision of the Supreme Court or a joint parliamentary committee to probe the charges raised in the Hindenburg report against the Adani Group. The Congress is alleging that the issue involves crores of rupees of common people invested in the Adani Group, whose shares have seen a beating on the stock markets ever since the allegations of "financial malpractices and stock manipulation" came out in the Hindenburd research report.
The Congress and other opposition parties have stalled proceedings in both houses of Parliament while seeking a discussion on the issue.
