Sharad Pawar is not protecting Adani, PM Modi is: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday cited a media report to accuse the Adani Group of fleecing people to the tune of Rs 12,000 crore by making them pay more for electricity rates through over-invoicing of coal imports and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order a probe and come clean on the issue.Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi, Gandhi said the Congress, if voted to power, would order an investigation into the matter in 2024 and attacked Modi for his silence and questioned why he was not initiating a probe into the matter to defend his credibility.

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Adani purchases coal in Indonesia, and by the time the coal arrives in India, its price doubles. As a result, our electricity prices are increasing, and Adani is profiting (Rs. 12000 crore) from the poor people.

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— Congress (@INCIndia) October 18, 2023

Gandhi said he has not asked NCP supremo Sharad Pawar about his recent meetings with Gautam Adani, asserting that the Maratha strongman was neither the prime minister and nor was he protecting the billionaire businessman. Asked whether he had questioned Pawar about his meetings with Adani that seemed at odds with the stand taken by many opposition parties, Gandhi said, "No, I have not asked this. Modi is and that is why, I ask Modi this question and not Sharad Pawar, he said.