Team News Riveting
New Delhi, March 15
The police intercepted the protest march organised by the Congress from Parliament to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office demanding probe against Adani Group.
Congress president and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge claimed that 17 to 18 parties took part in the march. He said while 200 Members of Parliament (MPs) were participating in the march while 2,000 cops were deployed to stop them. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) kept away from the march.
The Congress leader, Jairam Ramesh said in a tweet that leaders and MPs of 16 like-minded Opposition parties were prevented from walking to the ED’s office to hand over a letter of complaint asking for an investigation into the “Adani scam”. The letter was later emailed to the ED office, he said.
Addressed to ED Director S K Mishra, the letter signed by the leaders of 16 parties, stated that over the last three months several crucial pieces of evidence have been made available in the public domain. Yet the ED, which claims to pursue such cases with vigour and fairness, is yet to launch even a preliminary enquiry into these very serious charges, the copy posted in the social media said.
“As a result, we are constrained to file this official complaint so that the ED is compelled to investigate a relationship that has serious implications not just for our economy but most importantly, our democracy,” the letter added.
The letter alleged that the Adani group companies had repeatedly exercised improper influence to obtain concessions and contracts from governments and regulated entities.
