Congress blames government for impasse in Parliament

Amidst stepped up Opposition demand for a JPC probe into the Adani issue, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi levelled a slew of allegations against the Modi government on its foreign policy and claimed that it was aimed at benefiting the Adani Group.

The Congress on March 14 said the Modi government's refusal to allow the Opposition to raise its demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Adani issue was to be blamed for the impasse in Parliament.

Amidst stepped up Opposition demand for a JPC probe into the Adani issue, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi levelled a slew of allegations against the Modi government on its foreign policy and claimed that it was aimed at benefiting the Adani Group.

"Is the objective of India's foreign policy to make Adani richer? In the last nine years, Modi ji has kept India in ' bhram (misled)' and Adani in ' vishwa bhraman (global travel)' along with him," Mr. Gandhi alleged in a video in Hindi.

Asked about the Congress' allegations, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said, "Adani had made it clear that the first break was given to him was given by (Congress CM) Chimanbhai Patel...the second break was given by Rajiv Gandhi. (They believe that) if Adani does development for the country then it should be only under their rule not in any other's rule." Terming it as a non-issue, he said, "Adani-Ambani is just an excuse, they just want to abuse Modi".

"Their (the Congress') 10 years in government was marred by controversies, while Mr. Modi's government has been of hope, it has been about houses, toilets, Ujjwala, water, so now they want to finish all this thinking that then only the government will be finished," the BJP leader told reporters outside Parliament.

Both houses of the Parliament were adjourned for the day Tuesday as the ruling party demanded that Rahul Gandhi apologise for his democracy remarks while the Opposition stayed firm on its demand for a JPC into the Adani issue.