Facing a volley of allegations linked to the Adani Group controversy during the stormy budget session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit back at the opposition’s charges. But did he?
Opposition leaders, including Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, have claimed that PM Modi “facilitated” the exponential rise of the Adani Group, which is now mired in controversy ever since the Hindenburg report accused it of “stock manipulation” and “accounting fraud”. The opposition continues to press for its demand for a joint parliamentary panel probe into the allegations, with parliamentary proceedings being repeatedly disrupted.
