After finishing his four-month-long yatra, Rahul Gandhi finally appeared in the Lok Sabha. While speaking in the President’s Address, the Wayanad MP shared the experience of his walk and also took a dig at the government on several issues.
In his 40-minute long address, Rahul Gandhi used a substantial portion of it to question the Narendra Modi-led government on the Adani Row. Besides talking about the Hindenburg report and its allegations against the business tycoon, Rahul Gandhi also drew parallels between the rise of Modi at the centre, and Adani in the business circle.
Rahul Gandhi pulled a fast one in Parliament.
Quickly took out big photos of Adani + Modi while speaking before the camera team realized what was happening. #LokSabha pic.twitter.com/pkbiG4Tpjm
— meghnad 🔗 (@Memeghnad) February 7, 2023
At one point, while talking about the relationship between the Prime Minister and Gautam Adani, Gandhi pulled out a few pictures of the two. Although the camera shifted elsewhere after sloganeering against the act of showing a poster began in the parliament, Gandhi was quick to show the two pictures to the house.
“How many times did Adani ji join you later on a visit? How many times did Adani ji travelled to a country immediately after you visited the country? How many times has Adani ji bagged a contract in a foreign country after your visit there?” Asked the Congress leader
When Rahul Gandhi waved old photographs of PM Modi and industrialist Gautam Adani in Lok Sabha… pic.twitter.com/KsX9Flrp7Q
— Brut India (@BrutIndia) February 7, 2023
In his speech, Rahul Gandhi highlighted the expansion of Adani’s business in different sectors. He also stressed the fact that the business tycoon did not have any experience in several of the sectors, and was still given multi-million dollar contracts, including that of Mumbai Airport.
Rahul Gandhi: Modi ji is giving all the contracts to Adani.
Tihadi *in Modi's defence*: Nehru used his influence to give defence deal to a company. pic.twitter.com/CMxGdEQIBJ
— Nimo Tai 🇮🇳 (@Cryptic_Miind) February 7, 2023
Besides Adani, Rahul Gandhi also took a dig at Anil Ambani. Rahul Gandhi talked about the fact that a contract of 126 aircraft was given to a man with no experience in aviation. Post the allotment of the contract, Ambani even stood on the verge of bankruptcy.
“Yesterday the prime minister said at HAL that we hurled wrong allegations. But in reality, HAL’s contract of 126 aircraft went to Anil Ambani, who then went bankrupt.”
Modi’s foreign visits were to get contracts for Adani – Rahul Gandhi’s 3 questions in the Parliament exposes Modi-Adani partnership! pic.twitter.com/r6JiBj7Cqs
— Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) February 7, 2023
“There should be a case study by business schools such as Harvard on the relationship between business and politics, India is a case study…the PM should get a gold medal in this,” commented Gandhi.
