Opposition feels probe is necessary into Adani companies: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut iterated the probe was necessary and that his party supported the demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe into the Adani Group-Hindenberg Research.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut (File Photo)

By India Today News Desk: Amid the Opposition’s demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe into the Adani Group-Hindenberg Research, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut iterated the probe was necessary and that his party supported the demand. Speaking to the media, he also distanced himself from differences between the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party over the nature of the investigation.

“The united opposition feels a probe is necessary into the Adani companies and the Shiv Sena (UBT) is part of it (opposition),” he said.

A probe monitored by the Supreme Court and an inquiry by a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) can be done together, the Rajya Sabha member said.

Raut said industrialists should be supported, but not corruption.

WHAT DID SHARAD PAWAR SAY ABOUT ADANI ROW?

Indicating that the Hinderberg Research’s report accusing the Adani Group of discrepancies was “targeted”, Sharad Pawar had said the “ruckus” in Parliament and the Opposition’s demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee-led probe into the row also affects the country’s economy.

Pawar said that an inquiry committee appointed by the Supreme Court would be more useful.In a JPC, the ruling party (BJP) will have a majority, said Pawar, whose party is an ally of the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress in Maharashtra.

Raut said, “Pawar hasn’t opposed an inquiry against Adani. The issue is whether it should be the JPC or a Supreme Court-monitored probe.”

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Hitting out at Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Raut claimed the CM and the other Shiv Sena leaders who rebelled against Uddhav Thackeray were planning to do so even when Prithviraj Chavan (of Congress) was the chief minister.

“These people had met (Congress leader) Ahmed Patel in Delhi,” he further claimed.

Raut said Sharad Pawar should take a stand on opposition leaders being targeted by the Modi government.

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