Adani given ‘blank cheque’ in India: Rahul

NT Correspondent

New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that industrialist Gautam Adani has been given a “blank cheque” in India and questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not ordering an inquiry into alleged irregularities by the conglomerate.

Gandhi made the statement six days after the Financial Times alleged that the Adani Group imported billions of dollars of coal well above market prices and made consumers pay more for electricity.

“Earlier, we had spoken about the misappropriation of Rs 20,000 crore,” Gandhi said.

“Now, it turns out that this figure was incorrect, another Rs 12,000 crore has been added to it. Now, the total figure is Rs 32,000 crore.”