BJP: If Adani is “corrupt”, why are Congress govts seeking investment?

The BJP has dubbed Rahul Gandhi’s attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the US prosecutors’ indictment of Gautam Adani on alleged bribery and fraud charges as part of his long-running efforts to target its leader, and noted that none of the four states named in American courts had a BJP government.

Addressing a press conference, BJP spokesperson and MP Sambit Patra made it clear that as far as allegations against the Adani Group are concerned it is for the company to issue a clarification and defend itself.

“Law will take its own course,” he said, while keeping the focus on Rahul’s allegations against the prime minister and the BJP government at the Centre.

Citing the Adani Group’s investment in various states ruled by the Congress and its allies, Patra noted that it invested Rs 25,000 crore and Rs 65,000 crore in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, respectively, when Bhupesh Baghel and Ashok Gehlot were at the helm there, respectively.

The conglomerate invested Rs 45,000 crore in the DMK-ruled Tamil Nadu and had recently given Rs 100 crore donation to Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for a skill development foundation, he added.

If Adani is “corrupt”, then why are the Congress governments seeking investment from his company, he asked.

The Congress, Patra alleged, cannot tolerate the Indian economy gaining in strength with Modi as prime minister, as it is now on track to become the third biggest global economy.

Rahul Gandhi has been trying to target the Indian economy by making all kinds of allegations, and over 2.5 crore investors even on Thursday lost a lot of money as the stock market tanked, he said.