Parliament Adani issue exposes cracks in INDIA bloc as TMC skips key Opposition meet in Delhi
New Delhi/IBNS: The cracks within the INDIA bloc have become visible during the ongoing winter session of Parliament for the second time after the third largest party Trinamool Congress (TMC) skipped a key Opposition meeting on the Adani issue in the national capital Delhi on Monday.
This is the second time TMC, which is headed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has skipped the meeting on the US indictment against billionaire Gautam Adani.
Last week, TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee cleared his party aimed to corner the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre on issues concerning West Bengal.
Abhishek had said as quoted by NDTV, "Our stand is very clear. We will give priority to the issues of Bengal first. The Centre has blocked Bengal's dues. We want discussions in Parliament on these issues. Go and ask Congress. I have said we will prioritise Bengal's issues. What's their stand?"
As per reports, the TMC has expressed its reluctance in questioning the Modi government on the Adani issue claiming corruption doesn't make an impact on elections.
संसद में आज INDIA गठबंधन के फ्लोर लीडर्स की मीटिंग हुई।
— Congress (@INCIndia) December 2, 2024
मीटिंग में नेता विपक्ष श्री राहुल गांधी और INDIA गठबंधन के नेता मौजूद रहे।
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When a top Congress leader had invited TMC to join the previous meeting to corner the Modi government, Mamata's party colleague had refused stating corruption is no longer a poll issue, a Bengali news report said.
"Corruption no longer impacts elections," the TMC leader had said as quoted in the media.
While the Congress wants to raise the Adani issue in Parliament suspending all other businesses, the TMC is in favour of no disruption of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
The TMC has said it would like to raise the Manipur unrest issue in Parliament and seek the Modi government's action to restore peace in the northeastern state.
Adani Green claims no bribery charges against Gautam Adani and his nephew in US indictment
The Adani Green Energy Limited has claimed no bribery charges have been levelled against billionaire and tycoon Gautam Adani, his nephew Sagar Adani and senior Adani Group executive Vneet Jain in the US indictment, countering several media reports.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Adani Green claimed the media reports were "incorrect".
"Mr. Gautam Adani, Mr. Sagar Adani and Mr. Vneet Jaain have not been charged with any violation of the FCPA in the counts set forth in the indictment of the US DOJ or civil complaint of the US SEC.
"These directors have been charged on three counts in the criminal indictment namely (i) alleged securities fraud conspiracy, (ii) alleged wire fraud conspiracy, and (iii) alleged securities fraud," the statement read.
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