Ajit Karn
On Wednesday, opposition MPs asked that the Standing Committee for Finance summon SEBI Chief and RBI senior officials to discuss the Hindenburg report and Gautam Adani.
Former Union Minister and Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari, along with Congress colleagues Gaurav Gogoi and Pramod Tiwari, BJD’s Pinaki Misra and Amar Patnaik, and TMC’s Saugata Roy, made the claim.
The panel’s BJP MPs, including Head Jayant Sinha, former Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Sushil Modi, and SS Ahluwalia, strongly opposed the request.
According to sources, ruling party MPs said the panel could not discuss this issue because it was sub-judice.
The opposition MPs asked that regulatory authorities like SEBI and RBI be summoned to discuss whether all measures were taken to protect the nation’s interests. The opposition MPs argued that the panel can call the responsible authorities since this is a regulatory issue under the Finance Committee’s jurisdiction.
The opposition MPs’ claim comes amid a Parliamentary stalemate over the Adani JPC.
According to reports, the panel chairman requested that MPs make the request in writing.
In the wake of the Hindenburg-Adani row, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi strongly criticised the government, linking the rise of the Adani group to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and alleging that “rules were altered” to favour the businessman.
The first opposition leader to speak during the Lok Sabha debate on the motion of thanks to the President’s address, Rahul Gandhi, said the relationship with Gautam Adani began many years ago when Narendra Modi was Gujarat Chief Minister and that “real magic” started after 2014 when the businessman rose from 609th to second in the global rich list.
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When Narendra Modi was Gujarat’s Chief Minister, relationships began.
One guy was loyal to PM Modi and helped him build the idea of a “Resurgent Gujarat.” “The true magic began when PM Modi reached the national capital in 2014,” Rahul Gandhi told the Lok Sabha.
