Rahul Gandhi takes dig at PM Modi, Adani with mock 'interview' in Parliament premises

Opposition leaders protest Adani row in Parliament complex, with Rahul Gandhi conducting mock 'interview' with Modi and Adani masks.

Leaders of some INDIA bloc parties on Monday (December 9, 2024) protested in the Parliament complex over the Adani row, with Rahul Gandhi conducting a mock 'interview' over the issue with Congress members wearing masks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and industrialist Gautam Adani

Standing outside the Makar Dwar of Parliament, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, along with Members of the Parliament of other Opposition parties, raised slogans of "Modi, Adani ek hain" and "we want justice".

After sloganeering, Mr. Gandhi conducted the mock 'interview' with Congress leaders wearing masks of PM Modi and Mr. Adani. Mr. Gandhi asked the party member sporting the mask of Mr. Adani why Parliament was not being allowed to function to which the Congress MP (posing as Adani) said "We'll have to ask Amit bhai...that man is missing". Asked by Mr. Gandhi about the relationship between the two, the Congress MP said, "We are together".

The Congress leader sporting the mask of Mr. Adani also said, "He does whatever I say and want...be it airport or anything else." On why PM Modi was silent, the Congress MP posing as Mr. Adani said, "this man is in tension these days", evoking laughter around.

Asked what was his next plan and what he proposed to buy now, the Congress MP wearing the Mr. Adani mask said, "We have not decided yet. We have a meeting this evening." The Trinamool Congress, the Samajwadi Party, and the Aam Aadmi Party were not part of the protest.

However, the Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav said nothing much should be read into the absence of some leaders and asserted "all is well" in the Opposition bloc.

MPs of the Left, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) were among those who raised slogans and demanded a discussion and a probe into the Adani Group.