PM Modi questions Rahul Gandhi's silence on Ambani-Adani issue

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked whether the Congress had "struck a deal with Ambani-Adani", in an apparent jibe at the party which accused him of favouring certain industrialists.

Addressing an election rally in Telangana's Vemulawada, PM Modi said, "Ever since elections have been announced, these people (Congress) have stopped abusing Ambani-Adani. I want to ask from Telangana soil, let the Shehzada (referring to Rahul Gandhi) announce, how much has been lifted from Ambani-Adani. Has tempo loads of notes (currency) reached the Congress? What deal has been arrived at, that abusing Ambani-Adani has stopped overnight?"

"Certainly something is fishy. For five years, (they) abused Adani-Ambani and it stopped overnight. It means you have received some tempo loads of 'chori ka maal' (loot). You have to answer the nation," the Prime Minister



said.

In response, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge took a swipe at PM, saying "Modi ji's chair is shaking" and he has "started attacking his own friends".

"Times are changing. Friends are no longer friends...! After completion of three phases of elections, today the Prime Minister has started attacking his own friends. This shows that Modi ji's chair is shaking. This is the real trend of the result," Kharge tweeted.

Meanwhile, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra refuted PM's claim and said her brother, Rahul Gandhi, talks about Adani-Ambani issue every day.

"He (Rahul Gandhi) puts the truth about them before the public. Every day we tell you that they (BJP) have a nexus with big industrialists. They waived off Rs 16 lakh crores of his friends. In UP, farmers are committing suicide but their loans were not waived off....," Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said.