‘We will meet in court’: Assam CM hits back after Rahul Gandhi’s Adani acronym tweet

Earlier in the day, Himanta Biswa Sarma found a mention in Rahul Gandhi’s tweet on Congress turncoats and Adani, along with Ghulam Nabi Azad, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiran Reddy, and Anil Antony.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma (File)

By India Today News Desk: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has shot back at Rahul Gandhi over the Congress leader’s tweet linking turncoats to billionaire businessman Gautam Adani and his company. Sarma found a mention in Rahul Gandhi’s tweet, along with Ghulam Nabi Azad, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiran Reddy, and Anil Antony.

“It was our decency to never have asked you about where you have concealed the proceeds of crime from the Bofors and National Herald Scams and how you allowed Ottavio Quattrocchi to escape the clutches of Indian justice multiple times. Anyway, we will meet in the court of law,” Sarma tweeted.

Replying to Sarma’s tweet, his cabinet colleague Ashok Singhal said: “Rahul Gandhi’s usual routineâ€æ Make patently false allegations, get admonished by the court, tender an apology, lose the next election. Rinse and repeat.”

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In his first ever reaction to leaders quitting the Congress, Rahul Gandhi put out a tweet linking them to Gautam Adani, under attack from the Congress and other opposition parties over allegations of stock manipulation.

The Opposition has been demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe against Adani over the allegations brought against him by US short-seller, Hindenburg Research.

“They hide the truth, that’s why they are misled every day! The question remains the same – who does the Rs 20,000 crore of benami money in Adani’s companies belong to?” he tweeted, along with the names of Ghulam Nabi Azad, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiran Reddy, Himanta Biswa Sarma and Anil Antony – who were once related to the Congress but are now either with the BJP or has his own party.

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