Adani issue: Opposition leaders protest in Parliament House, demand JPC probe

Several opposition party leaders on Tuesday held a protest in the corridors of Parliament House and raised slogans demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee JPC probe into the Adani issueThey also hung a banner that read We want JPC from the first floor of the Parliament buildingTMC MPs held a separate protest in the Parliament complex and demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi break his silence on the Adani issueAccusing the government of helping businessman Gautam Adani by not ordering a probe into allegations of fraud levelled against his group the party demanded that Adani be arrestedAdani should be arrested Modi is trying to protect Adani in the Rs 1 lakh crore scam This is also the reason why they are not allowing any discussion in Parliament The TMC leadership has already demanded that the 10 nonBJP states should begin their own probe into this and ensure that public money is not misused said TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek OBrienTMC Lok Sabha MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay demanded an explanation from the prime minister on how public money was used by Adani PM Modi should explain this in the House How LICSBI money ended up with Adani he saidLeaders of opposition parties had earlier met in the Parliament complex and decided to press for a JPC probe into the Adani issueLeaders of opposition parties including the Congress DMK RJD CPIM CPI NCP Shiv Sena UBT JDU JMM IUML AAP MDMK attended the meeting in the chamber of Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun KhargeAlso readPM Modi to embark on 7th visit to pollbound Karnataka on March 25Both houses of Parliament were adjourned till 2 pm Tuesday amid uproar over the Adani issue and demand by ruling party members that Rahul Gandhi apologise for his democracy remarksThis morning Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha kharge ji was given permission by the Chairman to speak He got up to do so but was not allowed by sloganeering BJP MPs Chairman then adjourned RS How can the logjam be broken if Modi Govt behaves like this AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Twitter after the House was adjournedThe opposition parties have been demanding a JPC probe into the Adani Group issue saying only a JPC can bring out the truth in the matter after US based Hindenburg Research report made allegations of financial irregularities and stock manipulation by the Adani GroupThe Adani group has denied the allegations and said no wrongdoing has been done by itThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever