‘Will navigate issue… India-US ties stands on strong foundation’: White House responds to Gautam Adani indictment in bribery case

When asked whether the allegations volition interaction US-India ties during a property league yesterday, White House property caput Jean Pierre said, “On the U.S. and India relationship, we judge that it’s highly — stands connected an highly beardown instauration anchored successful — successful ties betwixt our radical and practice — and practice crossed a afloat scope of — of planetary issues.

And so, what we judge and we are assured astir is that we volition proceed to navigate this issue, arsenic we person with different — with different issues that whitethorn person travel up, arsenic you conscionable stated. And so, the specifics of this — this is thing that SE- — SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) and DOJ tin talk to directly.

But, again, we judge that we are — this has been that — this narration betwixt India and the US has been built connected a beardown foundation.”

Meanwhile, the Adani Group has rubbished the allegations arsenic baseless. The indictment said Adani had personally met “Foreign official” to further the implementation of a powerfulness proviso statement betwixt SECO and Andhra Pradesh’s authorities energy organisation companies thrice during August-November 2021.

The alleged bribery strategy has created ripples successful New Delhi with the Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi pressing for an contiguous apprehension and alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “protecting him.