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  • Vinod Adani working shell firms in ‘collusion with Chinese nationals’: Congress

    By PTI

    NEW The Congress on Friday alleged that Gautam Adani’s elder brother Vinod Adani was working shell firms in “collusion with Chinese nationals” and requested whether or not the federal government ought to facilitate or examine the group.

    Posing a set of three inquiries to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a part of the celebration’s “Hum Adani ke Hain Kaun” collection, Congress normal secretary Jairam Ramesh stated the main focus of Friday’s posers was on the “disturbing Chinese connections” of a enterprise group that has management of vital Indian infrastructure comparable to ports and airports.

    The Congress’ slew of allegations have continued weeks after Adani Group shares had taken a beating on the bourses after US-based brief vendor Hindenburg Research made a litany of allegations, together with fraudulent transactions and share-price manipulation.

    The Gautam Adani-led group has dismissed the costs as lies, saying it complies with all legal guidelines and disclosure necessities.

    In his assertion addressed to the prime minister, Ramesh alleged that the Adani Group has a “longstanding” relationship with China.

    “A Chinese national, Chang Chung-Ling (aka Lingo-Chang) has been a director in several Adani Group companies along with Vinod Adani and has also made an appearance in the Panama Papers,” Ramesh claimed.

    सिर्फ JPC ही प्रधानमंत्री से जुड़े अडानी महाघोटाले के सभी राजनीतिक और वित्तीय पहलुओं को उजागर कर सकती है। कोई विशेषज्ञ ऐसा नहीं कर सकता है, और न ही करेगा।

    ये हैं पीएम से “HAHK – हम अडानी के हैं कौन” श्रृंखला के तहत 21वें दिन के हमारे तीन सवाल।

    चुप्पी तोड़िए प्रधानमंत्री जी। pic.twitter.com/2RnbBRFVjD

    — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) March 3, 2023

    In December 2017, South Korea seized the Panama-registered oil tanker Koti for transferring petroleum merchandise to a North Korean tanker in violation of UN sanctions, he stated.

    “It emerged that the Koti, which South Korea subsequently scrapped, was owned by Chang Chung-Ling’s sons Chien-Ting Chang and Chien-Huan Chang. The Koti and the Koti Corporation are both on UN and US sanction lists,” Ramesh stated.

    “There are deeper links with the Adani Group: Chien-Ting Chang is also known to be an owner of PMC Projects that helped construct Mundra and other Adani Group ports,” he alleged.

    OPINION | Hindenburg impact on the way forward for Adani shares: Part I

    OPINION | Hindenburg impact on way forward for Adani Businesses: Part II

    What is Chang Chung-Ling’s precise relationship with the Adani household, Ramesh requested.

    “What influence do the governments of China and North Korea have over a group that controls strategic Indian assets and has a close relationship with India’s Prime Minister?” Ramesh stated in his assertion which was a part of a sub-series on the allegations towards Adani — “Dikh Raha Hai Vinod”.

    “Are you recklessly endangering the security of critical Indian assets by your dependence on a business group that is vulnerable to being influenced by China and North Korea,” Ramesh requested the prime minister.

    Why are there so many “murky connections” between the Adani Group and Chinese nationals partaking in criminal activity, he requested.

    What is their relationship with Vinod and Gautam Adani, he questioned.

    “Only a JPC (joint parliamentary committee probe) can unravel the full political and financial dimensions of the PM-linked Adani Maha Mega Scam. No expert can or will,” Ramesh stated in a tweet.

    The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered organising of a six-member committee headed by former apex court docket decide Justice A M Sapre to research the latest Adani Group shares crash triggered by the Hindenburg Research’s fraud allegations and different regulatory facets associated to inventory markets.

    Ramesh additionally claimed, “The Adani Group has repeatedly described Vinod Adani in filings as an NRI with Cyprus citizenship. Yet Dubai property records reportedly show that Vinod Adani holds an Indian passport expiring in 2026,” he stated.

    Given that India doesn’t have twin citizenship, how is it attainable for him to have an Indian passport, the Congress chief stated.

    “Should the government facilitate or investigate a person accused of money-laundering and operating shell companies in collusion with Chinese nationals,” Ramesh requested.

    NEW The Congress on Friday alleged that Gautam Adani’s elder brother Vinod Adani was working shell firms in “collusion with Chinese nationals” and requested whether or not the federal government ought to facilitate or examine the group.

    Posing a set of three inquiries to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a part of the celebration’s “Hum Adani ke Hain Kaun” collection, Congress normal secretary Jairam Ramesh stated the main focus of Friday’s posers was on the “disturbing Chinese connections” of a enterprise group that has management of vital Indian infrastructure comparable to ports and airports.

    The Congress’ slew of allegations have continued weeks after Adani Group shares had taken a beating on the bourses after US-based brief vendor Hindenburg Research made a litany of allegations, together with fraudulent transactions and share-price manipulation.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The Gautam Adani-led group has dismissed the costs as lies, saying it complies with all legal guidelines and disclosure necessities.

    In his assertion addressed to the prime minister, Ramesh alleged that the Adani Group has a “longstanding” relationship with China.

    “A Chinese national, Chang Chung-Ling (aka Lingo-Chang) has been a director in several Adani Group companies along with Vinod Adani and has also made an appearance in the Panama Papers,” Ramesh claimed.

    सिर्फ JPC ही प्रधानमंत्री से जुड़े अडानी महाघोटाले के सभी राजनीतिक और वित्तीय पहलुओं को उजागर कर सकती है। कोई विशेषज्ञ ऐसा नहीं कर सकता है, और न ही करेगा।
    ये हैं पीएम से “HAHK – हम अडानी के हैं कौन” श्रृंखला के तहत 21वें दिन के हमारे तीन सवाल।
    चुप्पी तोड़िए प्रधानमंत्री जी। pic.twitter.com/2RnbBRFVjD
    — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) March 3, 2023
    In December 2017, South Korea seized the Panama-registered oil tanker Koti for transferring petroleum merchandise to a North Korean tanker in violation of UN sanctions, he stated.

    “It emerged that the Koti, which South Korea subsequently scrapped, was owned by Chang Chung-Ling’s sons Chien-Ting Chang and Chien-Huan Chang. The Koti and the Koti Corporation are both on UN and US sanction lists,” Ramesh stated.

    “There are deeper links with the Adani Group: Chien-Ting Chang is also known to be an owner of PMC Projects that helped construct Mundra and other Adani Group ports,” he alleged.

    OPINION | Hindenburg impact on the way forward for Adani shares: Part I

    OPINION | Hindenburg impact on way forward for Adani Businesses: Part II

    What is Chang Chung-Ling’s precise relationship with the Adani household, Ramesh requested.

    “What influence do the governments of China and North Korea have over a group that controls strategic Indian assets and has a close relationship with India’s Prime Minister?” Ramesh stated in his assertion which was a part of a sub-series on the allegations towards Adani — “Dikh Raha Hai Vinod”.

    “Are you recklessly endangering the security of critical Indian assets by your dependence on a business group that is vulnerable to being influenced by China and North Korea,” Ramesh requested the prime minister.

    Why are there so many “murky connections” between the Adani Group and Chinese nationals partaking in criminal activity, he requested.

    What is their relationship with Vinod and Gautam Adani, he questioned.

    “Only a JPC (joint parliamentary committee probe) can unravel the full political and financial dimensions of the PM-linked Adani Maha Mega Scam. No expert can or will,” Ramesh stated in a tweet.

    The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered organising of a six-member committee headed by former apex court docket decide Justice A M Sapre to research the latest Adani Group shares crash triggered by the Hindenburg Research’s fraud allegations and different regulatory facets associated to inventory markets.

    Ramesh additionally claimed, “The Adani Group has repeatedly described Vinod Adani in filings as an NRI with Cyprus citizenship. Yet Dubai property records reportedly show that Vinod Adani holds an Indian passport expiring in 2026,” he stated.

    Given that India doesn’t have twin citizenship, how is it attainable for him to have an Indian passport, the Congress chief stated.

    “Should the government facilitate or investigate a person accused of money-laundering and operating shell companies in collusion with Chinese nationals,” Ramesh requested.

  • Will companies probe ‘cash laundering’ by Vinod Adani’s offshore shell companies, asks Congress

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday alleged that Gautam Adani’s elder brother Vinod Adani has a “central role” within the Adani Group and requested whether or not India’s “all-powerful agencies” will examine allegations of “round-tripping and money-laundering” by offshore shell firms related to their household.

    Posing a set of three inquiries to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a part of the social gathering’s “Hum Adani ke Hain Kaun” sequence, Congress normal secretary Jairam Ramesh mentioned in its January 29 response to “serious allegations” towards Gautam Adani’s elder brother Vinod Adani, the Adani Group had tried to distance itself stating that he doesn’t maintain any managerial place in any Adani listed entities or their subsidiaries and has no function of their day-to-day affairs.

    “Yet more and more revelations are coming out about Vinod Adani’s central role in the Adani Group,” Ramesh mentioned, including that this has led the Congress to additionally begin a sub-series on the allegations towards Adani — “Dikh Raha Hai Vinod”.

    प्रधानमंत्री ने कांग्रेस के ख़िलाफ़ जो अपमानजनक बातें कही हैं, उन्हें वह भले ही दोहराते रह सकते हैं, लेकिन अडानी महाघोटाले में अपनी भूमिका पर हमारे सवालों से नहीं बच सकते हैं। ये हैं “HAHK – हम अडानी के हैं कौन श्रृंखला” के 18वें दिन के 3 सवाल

    चुप्पी तोड़िए प्रधानमंत्री जी। pic.twitter.com/WQdyhhOrNm

    — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) February 28, 2023

    “The PM (prime minister) can keep recycling all his old abuses against the Congress but he cannot escape getting three pointed questions daily on his role in the Adani Maha Mega Scam,” Ramesh tweeted and posted his inquiries to the prime minister.

    Recently, Adani Group shares had taken a beating on the bourses after US-based brief vendor Hindenburg Research made a litany of allegations, together with fraudulent transactions and share-price manipulation, towards the enterprise conglomerate whose chairman is Gautam Adani.

    The group has dismissed the fees as lies, saying it complies with all legal guidelines and disclosure necessities.

    In a press release, Ramesh mentioned the Adani Group had filed numerous memoranda with inventory exchanges stating that the group means “S B Adani Family Trust, Adani Properties Private Limited, Adani Tradeline LLP, Gautam Adani, Rajesh Adani, Vinod S Adani. Now we learn that a March 18, 2020 letter from the Adani Group to the Registrar of Companies in Ahmedabad said that: ‘Mr Vinod S. Adani, Promoter of the Company, has informed change (sic) in significant beneficial interest,” Ramesh alleged within the assertion posted on Twitter.

    OPINION | Hindenburg impact on the way forward for Adani shares: Part I

    OPINION | Hindenburg impact on way forward for Adani Businesses: Part II

    This letter was signed by the Adani Enterprises Company secretary and joint president (authorized) Jatin Jalundhwala and clearly reveals Vinod Adani to be a key participant in Adani Group affairs, he claimed.

    “Will this hard evidence finally lead India’s all-powerful agencies to investigative allegations of round-tripping and money laundering by Vinod Adani’s offshore shell companies? Or will you continue to protect your close friend and accept his laughable fig leaf of a defence,” Ramesh requested the prime minister.

    Five funding funds linked to Vinod Adani’s shut affiliate Jayechand Jingree accounted for 11.3 per cent of anchor investor subscriptions within the Rs 20,000-crore Adani Follow-On Public Offer (FPO) that in the end failed, Ramesh alleged.

    ALSO READ | Will proceed to ask questions on Adani until reality is out: Rahul at Congress plenary

    “Like Vinod Adani, Jingree is a former director at the Mauritius-based Adani Global, a subsidiary of Adani Exports that was renamed Adani Enterprises in 2006. He is also reported to have connections with fugitive stockbrokers Ketan Parekh and Dharmesh Doshi,” the Congress chief claimed.

    Like some chosen FPO buyers, had been these funds additionally illegally forewarned that the FPO can be cancelled and that their investments had been being made solely to avoid wasting the Adani Group’s face, Ramesh requested.

    Are these seeming manipulations by associated events unfit of great investigation, he requested.

    “A sixth Mauritius-based fund, The Great International Tusker Fund, that invested within the anchor investor spherical, has administrators who’re co-directors in different companies with Vinod Adani and Subir Mittra who heads the Adani Family Office.

    There are information reviews that SEBI is investigating a few of these funds, however we’re involved that they are going to go the identical means as earlier investigations into Adani Group wrongdoing have gone i.e.’ nowhere,” Ramesh mentioned.

    Can the prime minister guarantee Indian buyers and residents that the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) “will take concrete steps this time rather than engage in a token investigation to cover up for your friends”, he requested.

    Ramesh known as on Prime Minister Modi to interrupt his “silence” on the difficulty.

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday alleged that Gautam Adani’s elder brother Vinod Adani has a “central role” within the Adani Group and requested whether or not India’s “all-powerful agencies” will examine allegations of “round-tripping and money-laundering” by offshore shell firms related to their household.

    Posing a set of three inquiries to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a part of the social gathering’s “Hum Adani ke Hain Kaun” sequence, Congress normal secretary Jairam Ramesh mentioned in its January 29 response to “serious allegations” towards Gautam Adani’s elder brother Vinod Adani, the Adani Group had tried to distance itself stating that he doesn’t maintain any managerial place in any Adani listed entities or their subsidiaries and has no function of their day-to-day affairs.

    “Yet more and more revelations are coming out about Vinod Adani’s central role in the Adani Group,” Ramesh mentioned, including that this has led the Congress to additionally begin a sub-series on the allegations towards Adani — “Dikh Raha Hai Vinod”.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    प्रधानमंत्री ने कांग्रेस के ख़िलाफ़ जो अपमानजनक बातें कही हैं, उन्हें वह भले ही दोहराते रह सकते हैं, लेकिन अडानी महाघोटाले में अपनी भूमिका पर हमारे सवालों से नहीं बच सकते हैं। ये हैं “HAHK – हम अडानी के हैं कौन श्रृंखला” के 18वें दिन के 3 सवाल
    चुप्पी तोड़िए प्रधानमंत्री जी। pic.twitter.com/WQdyhhOrNm
    — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) February 28, 2023
    “The PM (prime minister) can keep recycling all his old abuses against the Congress but he cannot escape getting three pointed questions daily on his role in the Adani Maha Mega Scam,” Ramesh tweeted and posted his inquiries to the prime minister.

    Recently, Adani Group shares had taken a beating on the bourses after US-based brief vendor Hindenburg Research made a litany of allegations, together with fraudulent transactions and share-price manipulation, towards the enterprise conglomerate whose chairman is Gautam Adani.

    The group has dismissed the fees as lies, saying it complies with all legal guidelines and disclosure necessities.

    In a press release, Ramesh mentioned the Adani Group had filed numerous memoranda with inventory exchanges stating that the group means “S B Adani Family Trust, Adani Properties Private Limited, Adani Tradeline LLP, Gautam Adani, Rajesh Adani, Vinod S Adani. Now we learn that a March 18, 2020 letter from the Adani Group to the Registrar of Companies in Ahmedabad said that: ‘Mr Vinod S. Adani, Promoter of the Company, has informed change (sic) in significant beneficial interest,” Ramesh alleged within the assertion posted on Twitter.

    OPINION | Hindenburg impact on the way forward for Adani shares: Part I

    OPINION | Hindenburg impact on way forward for Adani Businesses: Part II

    This letter was signed by the Adani Enterprises Company secretary and joint president (authorized) Jatin Jalundhwala and clearly reveals Vinod Adani to be a key participant in Adani Group affairs, he claimed.

    “Will this hard evidence finally lead India’s all-powerful agencies to investigative allegations of round-tripping and money laundering by Vinod Adani’s offshore shell companies? Or will you continue to protect your close friend and accept his laughable fig leaf of a defence,” Ramesh requested the prime minister.

    Five funding funds linked to Vinod Adani’s shut affiliate Jayechand Jingree accounted for 11.3 per cent of anchor investor subscriptions within the Rs 20,000-crore Adani Follow-On Public Offer (FPO) that in the end failed, Ramesh alleged.

    ALSO READ | Will proceed to ask questions on Adani until reality is out: Rahul at Congress plenary

    “Like Vinod Adani, Jingree is a former director at the Mauritius-based Adani Global, a subsidiary of Adani Exports that was renamed Adani Enterprises in 2006. He is also reported to have connections with fugitive stockbrokers Ketan Parekh and Dharmesh Doshi,” the Congress chief claimed.

    Like some chosen FPO buyers, had been these funds additionally illegally forewarned that the FPO can be cancelled and that their investments had been being made solely to avoid wasting the Adani Group’s face, Ramesh requested.

    Are these seeming manipulations by associated events unfit of great investigation, he requested.

    “A sixth Mauritius-based fund, The Great International Tusker Fund, that invested within the anchor investor spherical, has administrators who’re co-directors in different companies with Vinod Adani and Subir Mittra who heads the Adani Family Office.

    There are information reviews that SEBI is investigating a few of these funds, however we’re involved that they are going to go the identical means as earlier investigations into Adani Group wrongdoing have gone i.e.’ nowhere,” Ramesh mentioned.

    Can the prime minister guarantee Indian buyers and residents that the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) “will take concrete steps this time rather than engage in a token investigation to cover up for your friends”, he requested.

    Ramesh known as on Prime Minister Modi to interrupt his “silence” on the difficulty.

  • Will proceed to ask questions on Adani until reality is out: Rahul at Congress plenary

    By PTI

    NAVA RAIPUR: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday stated the celebration will hold asking questions on Gautam Adani until the reality comes out, as he flayed BJP leaders for popping out in help of the industrialist in Parliament.

    He additionally stated the celebration ought to formulate a brand new plan to hold ahead the “tapasya ” undertaken by the Bharat Jodo Yatra and that he together with the whole nation will take part in it, indicating one other such initiative.

    Launching a robust assault on the federal government on the Adani difficulty, he charged that Adani was working towards the nation by cornering the whole wealth. “When we asked in Parliament what is the prime minister’s relation with Adani our entire speech is expunged. We will ask in Parliament thousands of times till the truth of Adani ji is out, we will not stop,” he stated on the eighty fifth plenary session of the Congress right here amid applause.

    “I want to tell Adani that his company is ‘hurting’ the country and is ‘snatching the entire infrastructure of country,” the previous Congress president charged.

    “The battle for the country’s freedom was against one company as it had taken away all wealth and ports etc.,” he stated. “History is being repeated. This is work against the country and if that happens the entire Congress party will stand against it,” he stated.

    He additionally stated that the celebration will proceed to ask questions on the connection between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Adani.

    Hindenburg Research had made a litany of allegations, together with fraudulent transactions and share-price manipulation, towards the Adani Group. The Adani Group has dismissed the fees as lies, saying it complies with all legal guidelines and disclosure necessities.

    OPINION | Hindenburg impact on the way forward for Adani shares: Part I

    OPINION | Hindenburg impact on way forward for Adani Businesses: Part II

    NAVA RAIPUR: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday stated the celebration will hold asking questions on Gautam Adani until the reality comes out, as he flayed BJP leaders for popping out in help of the industrialist in Parliament.

    He additionally stated the celebration ought to formulate a brand new plan to hold ahead the “tapasya ” undertaken by the Bharat Jodo Yatra and that he together with the whole nation will take part in it, indicating one other such initiative.

    Launching a robust assault on the federal government on the Adani difficulty, he charged that Adani was working towards the nation by cornering the whole wealth. “When we asked in Parliament what is the prime minister’s relation with Adani our entire speech is expunged. We will ask in Parliament thousands of times till the truth of Adani ji is out, we will not stop,” he stated on the eighty fifth plenary session of the Congress right here amid applause.

    “I want to tell Adani that his company is ‘hurting’ the country and is ‘snatching the entire infrastructure of country,” the previous Congress president charged.

    “The battle for the country’s freedom was against one company as it had taken away all wealth and ports etc.,” he stated. “History is being repeated. This is work against the country and if that happens the entire Congress party will stand against it,” he stated.

    He additionally stated that the celebration will proceed to ask questions on the connection between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Adani.

    Hindenburg Research had made a litany of allegations, together with fraudulent transactions and share-price manipulation, towards the Adani Group. The Adani Group has dismissed the fees as lies, saying it complies with all legal guidelines and disclosure necessities.

    OPINION | Hindenburg impact on the way forward for Adani shares: Part I

    OPINION | Hindenburg impact on way forward for Adani Businesses: Part II

  • Nehruvian legacy ensures folks like Soros can not decide India’s electoral outcomes: Congress

    The Congress has been demanding a JPC probe into the allegations towards the Adani Group by US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research.

  • SC agrees to listen to Friday plea in search of probe into Hindenburg Research report on Adani companies

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has agreed to listen to on Friday a plea in search of a path to the Centre to represent a committee monitored by a retired apex courtroom decide to inquire and examine into the Hindenburg Research report which has made a slew of allegations in opposition to the enterprise conglomerate led by industrialist Gautam Adani.

    Advocate Vishal Tiwari, who has filed the petition, talked about the matter for pressing itemizing earlier than a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Thursday.

    Tiwari advised the bench, additionally comprising Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala, {that a} separate plea filed on the difficulty is scheduled to be listed for listening to on February 10. He urged the bench that his plea be additionally heard on Friday together with the separate plea.

    In his public curiosity litigation (PIL), Tiwari has additionally sought instructions to arrange a particular committee to supervise the sanction coverage for loans of over Rs 500 crore given to large corporates.

    Last week, one other PIL was filed within the apex courtroom by advocate M L Sharma in search of prosecution of quick vendor Nathan Anderson of US-based agency Hindenburg Research and his associates in India and the US for allegedly exploiting harmless traders and the “artificial crashing” of Adani Group’s inventory worth out there.

    The Adani Group shares have taken a beating on the bourses after Hindenburg Research made a litany of allegations, together with fraudulent transactions and share-price manipulation, in opposition to the enterprise conglomerate.

    The Adani Group has dismissed the costs as lies, saying it complies with all legal guidelines and disclosure necessities.

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has agreed to listen to on Friday a plea in search of a path to the Centre to represent a committee monitored by a retired apex courtroom decide to inquire and examine into the Hindenburg Research report which has made a slew of allegations in opposition to the enterprise conglomerate led by industrialist Gautam Adani.

    Advocate Vishal Tiwari, who has filed the petition, talked about the matter for pressing itemizing earlier than a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Thursday.

    Tiwari advised the bench, additionally comprising Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala, {that a} separate plea filed on the difficulty is scheduled to be listed for listening to on February 10. He urged the bench that his plea be additionally heard on Friday together with the separate plea.

    In his public curiosity litigation (PIL), Tiwari has additionally sought instructions to arrange a particular committee to supervise the sanction coverage for loans of over Rs 500 crore given to large corporates.

    Last week, one other PIL was filed within the apex courtroom by advocate M L Sharma in search of prosecution of quick vendor Nathan Anderson of US-based agency Hindenburg Research and his associates in India and the US for allegedly exploiting harmless traders and the “artificial crashing” of Adani Group’s inventory worth out there.

    The Adani Group shares have taken a beating on the bourses after Hindenburg Research made a litany of allegations, together with fraudulent transactions and share-price manipulation, in opposition to the enterprise conglomerate.

    The Adani Group has dismissed the costs as lies, saying it complies with all legal guidelines and disclosure necessities.

  • Rahul’s remarks on PM Modi expunged, Congress says ‘democracy was cremated in Lok Sabha’

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday strongly criticised the expunging of sure remarks made by Rahul Gandhi in Parliament focusing on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and alleged that “democracy was cremated” in Lok Sabha.

    Gandhi had made these remarks whereas taking part in a debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

    In a tweet, with out mentioning the expunging of his remarks, Gandhi stated, “Mr Prime Minister, you cannot wipe out the voice of democracy.”

    “Indian people are asking you direct questions, you must reply,” Gandhi stated.

    Later, whereas heading into Parliament throughout Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks in Lok Sabha, Gandhi requested reporters, “Why were my words expunged?” Congress common secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh stated, “With the expunging of Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on PM linked Adani Maha Mega Scam, deMOcracy was cremated in the Lok Sabha. OM Shanti.”

    In one other tweet, Ramesh stated, “18 remarks by Rahul Gandhi in LS expunged: 1. Every question asked of PM- deleted! 2. All references to relationship between Adani & Modi before 2014- deleted! 3. Misuse of agencies & foreign trips- deleted!”

    “You can expunge, but you can’t exterminate! Jagadguru of Jhoot stands exposed,” the Congress common secretary stated.

    He additionally tweeted the three pages of expunged remarks.

    18 remarks by @RahulGandhi in LS expunged:
    1.Every query requested of PM- deleted!
    2.All references to relationship between Adani & Modi earlier than 2014- deleted!
    3.Misuse of companies & overseas trips- deleted!
    You can expunge,however you possibly can’t exterminate!Jagadguru of Jhoot stands uncovered pic.twitter.com/R5NblM951Z

    — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) February 8, 2023

    In his remarks in Lok Sabha, Gandhi had alleged that the meteoric rise in Gautam Adani’s fortunes occurred after the BJP got here to energy in 2014 and he rose from the 609th to the second spot within the international wealthy listing.

    WATCH: Rahul tears into the BJP authorities

    The Congress chief’s remarks had drawn a pointy response from the treasury benches, with Law Minister Kiren Rijiju asking him to not stage “wild allegations” and to furnish proof of his claims.

    Outside Parliament, BJP chief Ravi Shankar Prasad had accused Gandhi of constructing baseless, shameless and reckless allegations and charged that the Congress and the Gandhi household had been concerned in “big scams” that “tarnished” the picture of the nation.

    ALSO READ | PM Modi responds to opposition’s criticism in Lok Sabha

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday strongly criticised the expunging of sure remarks made by Rahul Gandhi in Parliament focusing on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and alleged that “democracy was cremated” in Lok Sabha.

    Gandhi had made these remarks whereas taking part in a debate on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

    In a tweet, with out mentioning the expunging of his remarks, Gandhi stated, “Mr Prime Minister, you cannot wipe out the voice of democracy.”

    “Indian people are asking you direct questions, you must reply,” Gandhi stated.

    Later, whereas heading into Parliament throughout Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks in Lok Sabha, Gandhi requested reporters, “Why were my words expunged?” Congress common secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh stated, “With the expunging of Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on PM linked Adani Maha Mega Scam, deMOcracy was cremated in the Lok Sabha. OM Shanti.”

    In one other tweet, Ramesh stated, “18 remarks by Rahul Gandhi in LS expunged: 1. Every question asked of PM- deleted! 2. All references to relationship between Adani & Modi before 2014- deleted! 3. Misuse of agencies & foreign trips- deleted!”

    “You can expunge, but you can’t exterminate! Jagadguru of Jhoot stands exposed,” the Congress common secretary stated.

    He additionally tweeted the three pages of expunged remarks.

    18 remarks by @RahulGandhi in LS expunged:
    1.Every query requested of PM- deleted!
    2.All references to relationship between Adani & Modi earlier than 2014- deleted!
    3.Misuse of companies & overseas trips- deleted!
    You can expunge,however you possibly can’t exterminate!Jagadguru of Jhoot stands uncovered pic.twitter.com/R5NblM951Z
    — Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) February 8, 2023
    In his remarks in Lok Sabha, Gandhi had alleged that the meteoric rise in Gautam Adani’s fortunes occurred after the BJP got here to energy in 2014 and he rose from the 609th to the second spot within the international wealthy listing.

    WATCH: Rahul tears into the BJP authorities

    The Congress chief’s remarks had drawn a pointy response from the treasury benches, with Law Minister Kiren Rijiju asking him to not stage “wild allegations” and to furnish proof of his claims.

    Outside Parliament, BJP chief Ravi Shankar Prasad had accused Gandhi of constructing baseless, shameless and reckless allegations and charged that the Congress and the Gandhi household had been concerned in “big scams” that “tarnished” the picture of the nation.

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  • ‘It is evident PM Modi is defending Adani’: Rahul Gandhi

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged it was clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was defending Gautam Adani as he didn’t order an inquiry into the allegations levelled in opposition to the industrialist by a US-based analysis agency.

    He stated the prime minister didn’t reply the questions he had posed to him.

    “I am not satisfied, but it reveals the truth. There was no talk of an inquiry. If he is not a friend, then he should have agreed to an inquiry. There was no probe into shell companies in the defence sector and benami money is changing hands, but the prime minister did not say anything on that.”

    “It is clear that the prime minister is protecting him,” Gandhi informed reporters after the prime minister’s reply to the movement of thanks on the President’s tackle.

    “He (PM) is surely trying to protect him (Adani) and I understand this and there are reasons for it,” he additionally stated.

    Gandhi stated this is a matter of nationwide safety and issues the nation’s infrastructure and the prime minister ought to have stated that there shall be a probe into the allegations.

    “This is a very big scam. He did not even say that. He (PM) is surely trying to protect him (Adani) and I understand this and there are reasons for it,” he stated.

    Asked if he received the solutions to his questions, the previous Congress chief stated, “I did not get any reply from the prime minister to my questions.”

    “The prime minister was shell-shocked. He was in shock and there was no answer. I have not asked any complicated questions. I only asked how many times he (Adani) has gone with you. How many times did he meet you. I posed simple questions but got no answers,” he stated.

    “I am not satisfied, but it reveals the truth,” he stated when requested if he was glad with the prime minister’s reply.

    AICC normal secretary Jairam Ramesh described the prime minister’s reply in Parliament as diversionary and stated there was not even a phrase on his “links” along with his favorite “businessmen.”

    “Divert. Defame. Denigrate. Deny. The 4 Ds in PM’s personal fashion that describes his so-called reply in Parliament.

    “Not a word – direct or indirect – on the prime minister’s links with his favourite businessman, Adani, or his ghotalas,” Ramesh stated on Twitter after the prime minister’s speech.

    Sharing photos of Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan in Rajya Sabha and Prime Minister Modi in Lok Sabha, he tweeted, “At 5:15 pm today. One of India’s most famous actress on the right speaking in Rajya Sabha. India’s most famous actor on the left speaking in the Lok Sabha.”

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    NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged it was clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was defending Gautam Adani as he didn’t order an inquiry into the allegations levelled in opposition to the industrialist by a US-based analysis agency.

    He stated the prime minister didn’t reply the questions he had posed to him.

    “I am not satisfied, but it reveals the truth. There was no talk of an inquiry. If he is not a friend, then he should have agreed to an inquiry. There was no probe into shell companies in the defence sector and benami money is changing hands, but the prime minister did not say anything on that.”

    “It is clear that the prime minister is protecting him,” Gandhi informed reporters after the prime minister’s reply to the movement of thanks on the President’s tackle.

    “He (PM) is surely trying to protect him (Adani) and I understand this and there are reasons for it,” he additionally stated.

    Gandhi stated this is a matter of nationwide safety and issues the nation’s infrastructure and the prime minister ought to have stated that there shall be a probe into the allegations.

    “This is a very big scam. He did not even say that. He (PM) is surely trying to protect him (Adani) and I understand this and there are reasons for it,” he stated.

    Asked if he received the solutions to his questions, the previous Congress chief stated, “I did not get any reply from the prime minister to my questions.”

    “The prime minister was shell-shocked. He was in shock and there was no answer. I have not asked any complicated questions. I only asked how many times he (Adani) has gone with you. How many times did he meet you. I posed simple questions but got no answers,” he stated.

    “I am not satisfied, but it reveals the truth,” he stated when requested if he was glad with the prime minister’s reply.

    AICC normal secretary Jairam Ramesh described the prime minister’s reply in Parliament as diversionary and stated there was not even a phrase on his “links” along with his favorite “businessmen.”

    “Divert. Defame. Denigrate. Deny. The 4 Ds in PM’s personal fashion that describes his so-called reply in Parliament.

    “Not a word – direct or indirect – on the prime minister’s links with his favourite businessman, Adani, or his ghotalas,” Ramesh stated on Twitter after the prime minister’s speech.

    Sharing photos of Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan in Rajya Sabha and Prime Minister Modi in Lok Sabha, he tweeted, “At 5:15 pm today. One of India’s most famous actress on the right speaking in Rajya Sabha. India’s most famous actor on the left speaking in the Lok Sabha.”

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  • Don’t make allegations with out proof: Speaker Birla tells Cong MP 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday warned members towards making allegations with out proof after a Congress MP accused the federal government of favouring industrialist Gautam Adani.

    The Speaker additionally mentioned the controversy on the President’s handle shouldn’t be centred round one particular person.

    As the Lok Sabha debated the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address, Congress MP from Nalgonda, Telangana, N Uttam Kumar Reddy talked about Adani and reiterated the Opposition’s demand for a probe following the Hindenburg report on the Adani Group.

    “In the last 10 days, 10 lakh crore of market capitalisation has collapsed. Government should agree to our demand for a JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee) or a Supreme Court-monitored probe,” Reddy mentioned.

    He charged that the federal government favoured Adani, prompting the Speaker to say that the MP shouldn’t make allegations with out proof.

    “You are speaking without facts and evidence. You should maintain the decorum of the House,” Birla mentioned. Reddy, nonetheless, mentioned he has proof and can current it to the House.

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    “We are discussing the President’s address but we are talking about only one person here. Maybe you like it, but the country does not,” Birla mentioned.

    “There is a difference between criticism and making allegations. You should criticise, but if you are making an allegation there should be evidence,” he mentioned.

    Participating within the debate on Tuesday, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi claimed that the meteoric rise in Adani’s fortunes occurred after the BJP got here to energy in 2014 as he rose within the world wealthy record from the 609th to the second spot finally.

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

    NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday warned members towards making allegations with out proof after a Congress MP accused the federal government of favouring industrialist Gautam Adani.

    The Speaker additionally mentioned the controversy on the President’s handle shouldn’t be centred round one particular person.

    As the Lok Sabha debated the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address, Congress MP from Nalgonda, Telangana, N Uttam Kumar Reddy talked about Adani and reiterated the Opposition’s demand for a probe following the Hindenburg report on the Adani Group.

    “In the last 10 days, 10 lakh crore of market capitalisation has collapsed. Government should agree to our demand for a JPC (Joint Parliamentary Committee) or a Supreme Court-monitored probe,” Reddy mentioned.

    He charged that the federal government favoured Adani, prompting the Speaker to say that the MP shouldn’t make allegations with out proof.

    “You are speaking without facts and evidence. You should maintain the decorum of the House,” Birla mentioned. Reddy, nonetheless, mentioned he has proof and can current it to the House.

    OPINION | Defending Adani, critiquing Hindenburg

    “We are discussing the President’s address but we are talking about only one person here. Maybe you like it, but the country does not,” Birla mentioned.

    “There is a difference between criticism and making allegations. You should criticise, but if you are making an allegation there should be evidence,” he mentioned.

    Participating within the debate on Tuesday, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi claimed that the meteoric rise in Adani’s fortunes occurred after the BJP got here to energy in 2014 as he rose within the world wealthy record from the 609th to the second spot finally.

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

  • Hindenburg report ‘nothing however lies,’ says Adani

    By Online Desk

    Asia’s richest man Gautam Adani has stated, “the Hindenburg report is neither independent, objective nor well researched; allegations nothing but lies.”

    The response from Adani comes as he, in line with Reuters, faces a essential day on Monday along with his flagship firm’s $2.5 billion share sale’s second day of bidding overshadowed by a $48 billion rout within the billionaire’s shares which was sparked by US brief vendor’s report.

    Adani Group has earlier referred to as the report baseless and stated it was contemplating taking motion in opposition to Hindenburg.

    (More particulars comply with)

    Asia’s richest man Gautam Adani has stated, “the Hindenburg report is neither independent, objective nor well researched; allegations nothing but lies.”

    The response from Adani comes as he, in line with Reuters, faces a essential day on Monday along with his flagship firm’s $2.5 billion share sale’s second day of bidding overshadowed by a $48 billion rout within the billionaire’s shares which was sparked by US brief vendor’s report.

    Adani Group has earlier referred to as the report baseless and stated it was contemplating taking motion in opposition to Hindenburg.

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  • Govt should clear air over allegations in opposition to Adani Group: BSP supremo Mayawati

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW: BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday stated the central authorities ought to clear the air over monetary irregularities allegations levelled by Hindenburg Research in opposition to the Adani Group.

    Hindenburg Research, a US-based funding analysis agency that specialises in activist short-selling, has alleged that Adani Group was “engaged in a brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud”, a cost the conglomerate described as malicious, unsubstantiated, one-sided and having performed with malafide intention to damage its share-sale.

    Mayawati stated, “For the past two days, a negative report of American firm Hindenburg in relation to Adani Group and its effects on the stock market etc is in discussions more than the Republic Day. The hard-earned money of crores of people of the country is involved but the government is silent.”

    “After the allegation of cheating etc in shares, Adani’s property and world ranking has decreased, but people are more worried about what will happen to the huge investment made by the government in his group. What will happen to the economy? Restlessness and worry are natural. The solution is needed,” she stated in a collection of tweets.

    The BSP chief requested the federal government to clear the air by issuing an announcement to “address the worries of the people.”

    “At the beginning of the budget session of Parliament starting from January 31, the government should issue a detailed statement on this matter in both the Houses so that the restlessness, especially among the urban middle class, is reduced,” she added.

    Hindenburg stated its two-year investigation reveals that “the Rs 17.8 trillion (USD 218 billion) Indian conglomerate Adani Group has engaged in a brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme over the course of decades.”

    Adani Group stated it was shocked to see the report that got here out with none try and contact it to get the factual matrix.

    “The report is a malicious combination of selective misinformation and stale, baseless and discredited allegations that have been tested and rejected by India’s highest courts,” the ports-to-energy conglomerate stated in an announcement.

    LUCKNOW: BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday stated the central authorities ought to clear the air over monetary irregularities allegations levelled by Hindenburg Research in opposition to the Adani Group.

    Hindenburg Research, a US-based funding analysis agency that specialises in activist short-selling, has alleged that Adani Group was “engaged in a brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud”, a cost the conglomerate described as malicious, unsubstantiated, one-sided and having performed with malafide intention to damage its share-sale.

    Mayawati stated, “For the past two days, a negative report of American firm Hindenburg in relation to Adani Group and its effects on the stock market etc is in discussions more than the Republic Day. The hard-earned money of crores of people of the country is involved but the government is silent.”

    “After the allegation of cheating etc in shares, Adani’s property and world ranking has decreased, but people are more worried about what will happen to the huge investment made by the government in his group. What will happen to the economy? Restlessness and worry are natural. The solution is needed,” she stated in a collection of tweets.

    The BSP chief requested the federal government to clear the air by issuing an announcement to “address the worries of the people.”

    “At the beginning of the budget session of Parliament starting from January 31, the government should issue a detailed statement on this matter in both the Houses so that the restlessness, especially among the urban middle class, is reduced,” she added.

    Hindenburg stated its two-year investigation reveals that “the Rs 17.8 trillion (USD 218 billion) Indian conglomerate Adani Group has engaged in a brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme over the course of decades.”

    Adani Group stated it was shocked to see the report that got here out with none try and contact it to get the factual matrix.

    “The report is a malicious combination of selective misinformation and stale, baseless and discredited allegations that have been tested and rejected by India’s highest courts,” the ports-to-energy conglomerate stated in an announcement.