Adani row updates: Amid the continued second leg of the Parliament Budget Session, leaders of a number of Opposition events, today (March 15), will kick off a protest march to the Enforcement Directorate’s office and submit a criticism to the probe company on the Adani issue. According to info, the protest march will start at 12:30 pm from Parliament House and MPs from a number of opposition events will take half in it.
Meanwhile, the Delhi Police applied elevated safety measures outdoors the ED’s office within the wake of the march, officers mentioned. A senior police officer mentioned that sufficient safety preparations have been made outdoors the ED office on Wednesday in view of the protest march.
Earlier today, a number of leaders additionally met within the office of the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge within the Parliament House complicated to chalk out their methods to nook the federal government on the issue.
Opposition adamant on JPC probe
It ought to be famous right here that the Opposition has been demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Adani-Hindenburg issue and has been stalling proceedings of Parliament over their demand.
US short-seller Hindenburg Research had alleged that the Adani group was “engaged in a brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud”, and used offshore shell corporations to inflate inventory costs.
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Opposition intensifies assault on govt over issue
Stepping up their assault on the federal government on the Adani issue, the Congress on Tuesday requested why it has taken the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) “more than eight years” to full its investigation into the imports of energy tools by the Adani Group and whether or not the contents of its report shall be made public.
Congress basic secretary Jairam Ramesh additionally requested why the DRI didn’t enchantment in opposition to the ruling of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal that put aside a 2013 order imposing a fantastic on Adani corporations for round buying and selling of diamonds and claiming export subsidies.
It is pertinent to point out that the Supreme Court arrange an knowledgeable committee on the issue arising from the Hindenburg Research report on Adani Group corporations. The committee will include six members, headed by former apex courtroom choose Justice AM Sapre.
(With inputs from PTI)
