- Friday, February 21, 2025
The protest saw several leaders from some of the INDIA bloc parties marching and holding a copy of the Constitution. TMC and Samajwadi Party MPs stayed away from the protest
By: Shajil Kumar
SEVERAL Opposition MPs led by the Congress on Friday held a protest march inside Parliament complex on the Adani issue, wearing black masks that read “Modi Adani bhai bhai”.
The protest saw several leaders from some of the INDIA bloc parties marching, holding a copy of the Constitution and raising slogans against industrialist Gautam Adani.
RJD, JMM and left parties’ MPs were among those who joined the protest.
TMC and Samajwadi Party, which did not participate in demonstration, have so far stayed away from any such denunciation of Adani.
The decision has been seen by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as a “division” in the opposition bloc.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the newly elected MP from Wayanad, were among those present in the march.
Priyanka later alleged that the government was scared of holding a discussion on the Adani issue and wondered why was it so.
The Congress and several other opposition parties have been demanding a probe by a Joint Parliamentary Committee into the Adani Group, following the indictment of Adani and other company officials in a US court.
The Congress has said Adani’s indictment “vindicates” its demand for a JPC probe into the various “scams” involving the billionaire industrialist’s conglomerate.
Rahul Gandhi has also sought Adani’s arrest. The Adani Group has dismissed all allegations as “baseless”.
‘Adani Safe Hai’
INDIA bloc leaders on Thursday wore black jackets with stickers reading “Modi Adani Ek Hai” and “Adani Safe Hai” on them and raised slogans on the Parliament premises to demand a joint parliamentary probe.
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, who put the sticker on his trademark white T-shirt, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot get an investigation done against Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani as it would amount to getting a probe done against himself.
Congress MPs including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and lawmakers of several other opposition parties like RJD and the Left participated in the protest.
The protest took place in front of the steps of Parliament’s Makar Dwar and not on the steps leading to it as a Lok Sabha Secretariat advisory and Speaker Om Birla had flagged the issue.
A little later, the protesting MPs lined up in front of the Samvidhan Sadan and raised slogans against Modi and Adani there.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat on Tuesday issued an advisory urging the MPs not to hold protests in front of Parliament gates, saying that such obstruction of movement could affect their safety and security.
The opposition MPs had held a protest on the steps of Makar Dwar on Tuesday and Wednesday. (PTI)
