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MUMBAI: Visiting Congress Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi intensified attack on the billionaire Gautam Adani and Centre over a fresh report by the UK-based Guardian that has accused the business tycoon over $430 million “secret” investment by two foreign nationals Nasser Ali Shaban Ahli and Chang Chung-Ling as he sought a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) to institute a probe.
Gandhi, put the scrutiny on ex-SEBI chairman Upendra Kumar Sinha, who was recently inducted as non-executive chairperson and independent director at the Adani-owned TV channel NDTV, raising concern if this was a case of a quid pro quo.
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“The gentleman who gave clean chit to Gautam Adani is today a director in NDTV,” Rahul told the press at Grand Hyatt in Mumbai where 26 parties of INDIA front have assembled over a three-day meet.
“Foreign nationals, including one Chinese man, are manipulating Indian stock market in Adani’s favour,” he said.
Billionaire tycoon George-Soros backed portal – Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project – (OCCRP)- first published the latest report against Adani while accusing it of manipulations and opaque funding routed through Mauritius.
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Various government agencies and ruling BJP’s members have accused Sorors of indirectly funding the Congress and several news portals over sharing similar ideological sentiments to elect a favourable government in India.
The OCCRP report has been published by two reporters Ravi Nair and Anand Mangale, who in the past have been accused by various social media influencers across the world of “running propaganda” in The Wire and other websites. OCCRP story has been reproduced by The Guardian and The Financial Times.
Rahul, who was sporting a tilak on the occasion of Rakhi, took attack to Adani’s recent expansion of business after 2014 and diversification across airport revamp and port management.
“Why is this one gentleman who is close to PM Narendra Modi being allowed to capture money of Indian assets, ports, and airports?” he asked.
He accused Modi of shielding Adani over favourable deals.
“These matters are very close to the Prime minister. Whenever you touch the Adani matter, the Prime minister gets very uncomfortable and very nervous.”
Rahul said that while India is hosting a G20 event but the negative sentiments over such shoddy business would tarnish the event and mar India’s ability to conduct clean business activities for foreign companies.
“Just before G20, foreign dignatries members are going to come here and they will make inquiries on how such illegal business transactions were allowed,” he said.
