PM Modi questions Cong’s silence on Ambani-Adani issue, alleges ‘deal’

PM Narendra Modi; (right) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. File pics/PTI

Mounting an attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday demanded that the party should explain to people why it has stopped raising the ‘Ambani-Adani' issue as its ‘Shehzada' used to do for the past five years and asked if it has struck a ‘deal'.

Have "tempo loads of notes (money)" reached the Congress that it has stopped targeting "Ambani-Adani'," Modi said while addressing an election rally at Vemulawada in Telangana.

"Ever since elections have been announced, these people (Congress) have stopped abusing Ambani-Adani. I want to ask from Telangana soil, let the Shehzada announce, how much has been lifted from Ambani-Adani. Has tempo loads of notes (currency) reached the Congress? What deal has been arrived at, that abusing Ambani-Adani has stopped overnight," he asked.

"Certainly something is fishy. For five years, (they) abused Adani-Ambani and it stopped overnight. It means you have received some tempo loads of ‘chori ka maal' (loot). You have to answer the nation," the Prime Minister said.

The Congress has been attacking the Modi government, accusing the Prime Minister of favouring the top five industrialists in the country, including Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani.

The times are changing. Friends are no longer friends: Congress

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's chair is "shaking" after three phases of elections as he has started attacking his own "friends", and asserted this shows the "real trend" of the results.

"The times are changing. Friends are no longer friends"! After completion of three phases of elections, today the prime minister has started attacking his own friends. It is becoming clear that Modiji's chair is shaking. This is the real trend of the results," Kharge said in a post in Hindi on X.

His remarks came after the prime minister during an election rally in Telangana said the Congress should explain to people why it has stopped raising the ‘Ambani-Adani' issue as its ‘Shehzada' used to do for the past five years and asked if it has struck a ‘deal'.

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