BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi on Adani row, says Congress ‘trying to tank market to damage Indian economy’

“The substance relates to the statement for merchantability and acquisition of electricity, and the statement with authorities organisation companies. Which are the 4 states mentioned successful the US court? The substance pertains to the clip betwixt July 2021 and February 2022. Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Odisha each had non-NDA governments astatine that time. They had neither our CMs nor ruling parties supported by us. But they had governments of the Congress oregon their allies,” Patra said.

He added, “Rahul Gandhi has said helium has nary objection to immoderate of his ex-CMs oregon leaders being interrogated. All right. Let determination beryllium interrogation of Bhupesh Baghel. We person nary problem. You record a case.” The energy bills of these states were not being generated by the Modi authorities but by authorities governments, Patra underlined.

Patra besides accused Gandhi of having an “international structure” successful US person Ilhan Omar and businessman George Soros. “Your operation wants to dent Indian markets. The Gandhi household and the Congress are incapable to tolerate that we are moving towards being the third-largest system successful the world. That is wherefore they are attacking the Indian marketplace and trying to marque it vessel to harm the Indian economy. About 2.5 crore tiny investors who had invested successful the share market person had to endure losses today,” Patra said.

He besides sought to cognize that if Prime Minister Narendra Modi was down Adani, wherefore did Adani put Rs 25,000 crore successful Chhattisgarh erstwhile Baghel was the main minister, Rs 65,000 crore successful Rajasthan erstwhile Ashok Gehlot was the CM, Rs 35,000 crore successful West Bengal, Rs 60,000 crore successful Andhra Pradesh, Rs 4,500 crore successful Tamil Nadu, and promised Rs 1-lakh crore of concern successful Karnataka nether a Congress government.

“On October 19, 2024, Adani Foundation donated Rs 100 crore to Revanth Reddy, main curate of Telangana, for accomplishment upliftment. Why did your authorities instrumentality donations from a corrupt man? On January 23, 2024, Revanth Reddy went to the World Economic Forum and the Congress authorities of Telangana signed a Rs 12,400 crore MoU with the Adani group. Is Rahul antithetic from his main ministers? He volition person to reply to this,” Patra said.

He added that successful corruption cases relating to the UPA government, the BJP utilized to instrumentality the substance to court. “We did not conscionable bash property conferences but took matters to court. Let Rahul Gandhi record a lawsuit connected this,” helium said.

Patra besides took umbrage astatine Rahul saying successful his presser that the Congress was having to bash the enactment of the judiciary and media too. “The parent and lad are themselves retired connected bail but claiming to bash the enactment of the judiciary. This deserves contempt of court. The courts should instrumentality suo motu cognizance of it,” helium said.

On the request for a associated parliamentary committee probe (JPC) into the bribery charges against the Adani group, Patra said that idiosyncratic breaks a vessel oregon breaks a manus successful “their JPCs”. He besides alleged that Rahul and Congress volition present effort to disrupt Parliament during the Winter Session.

Responding to Rahul’s assertion that Modi’s credibility has ended, Patra said that the Congress had been trying to decorativeness Modi’s credibility since 2002, but could ne'er dent it.