Rahul Gandhi has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of favouring Indian conglomerate Adani Group, which faces allegations of fraud and stock price manipulation.
Mr Gandhi - who is chairman of the youth wing of the Congress partyYouth Congress - claimed he was only being targeted because he had raised serious questions about Mr Modi's relationship with the Indian business conglomerate, Adani Group.
Speaking at a news conference on Saturday, he said his disqualification from parliament was a bid to prevent him speaking about an allegation of an unaccounted $3bn , that was put into shell companies owned by the Group.''Some of these defence companies are working in drone and missile development and ordnance production. Why is the Defence Ministry not asking questions," Mr Modi said."Nobody knows where this money has come from. Adani couldn't generate this money.
He also alleged that a Chinese national was involved in the Group's shell companies and that Mr Modi was helping the company win contracts to build ports, roads and power plants in Sri Lanka and Australia. Following a report by a US financial research firm that accused the Group of fraud and stock price manipulation, Mr Gandhi has demanded a parliamentary committee investigation.Since 2014 - when Mr Modi became prime minister - the Group's net worth has shot up nearly 2,000% to $125bn , according to Bloomberg's Billionaire Index.
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