"Conspiracy To Stop India Growth Story": Mahesh Jethmalani On Adani US Case
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The senior lawyer said Congress must put out credible evidence before demanding a JPC probe
Senior lawyer and former Rajya Sabha MP Mahesh Jethmalani said the Congress is "reading too much" into the indictment against the Adani Group in the US for "purely political purposes". He said the Opposition party must provide credible evidence before demanding a parliamentary probe.
Mr Jethmalani said the US Department of Justice indictment does not have evidence of any act of bribery carried out in India. "All this noise the Congress has made is completely misconceived. What is the evidence which proves that there was any conspiracy to bribe Indian officials to get these solar energy contracts? (there is) nothing in the indictment," he said.
"Congress party is blindly relying on an indictment against an Indian conglomerate which has undertaken extremely useful businesses in India and abroad. This is not in India's interest, and to blindly follow a US court indictment which gives no evidence and does not suggest that any of the Adanis or the company which issued the bonds, Adani Green, have done any wrong in India. Congress is reading too much into the indictment for purely political purposes," Mr Jethmalani said.
