Rahul questions rise in Adani’s fortunes, says happened during BJP’s rule

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ A belligerent Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday led a blistering opposition attack in Lok Sabha over the Hindenburg report, claiming that the meteoric rise in Gautam Adani’s fortunes happened after the BJP came to power in 2014 as he rose in the global rich list from the 609th to the second spot eventually.

The Congress leader’s remarks drew a sharp response from the treasury benches, with Law Minister Kiren Rijiju asking him not to level “wild allegations” and furnish proof of his claims.

Outside Parliament, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad accused Rahul Gandhi of making baseless, shameless and reckless allegations and charged that the Congress and the Gandhi family were involved in “big scams” which “tarnished” the image of the country.

Speaker Om Birla disapproved of the Congress leader displaying two pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi – one in which he can be seen with Adani inside a plane and the other in which he is getting down from a plane which has an Adani logo on it – to highlight their alleged proximity.