'Congress Implemented JPC, Why Modi Is Not Allowing Probe On Adani': Asks Maharashtra Congress Chief

Maharashtra Congress Chief Nana Patole said they implemented the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) when they were in power and did not close the parliament like today.

Maharashtra Congress Chief Nana Patole. ( Image Source :ANI )

Maharashtra Congress Chief Nana Patole on Sunday said they implemented the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) when they were in power. He said the Congress government did not close the parliament. He, however, said the session was a complete washout this time. His comments have come after the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar said he does not support the demands calling for a JPC examination on Adani-Group. On Pawar’s comments that Hindenburg's report on Adani seems targeted, Patole said there is nothing wrong in Pwar and his party voicing their different opinion on the issue.

He further said, as quoted by news agency ANI, “JPC has been demanded in the past as well and it was in effect then why today are they not allowing JPC”? 

Nagpur, Maharashtra | Sharad Pawar & his party have kept their view, there’s nothing wrong with this. JPC has been demanded in the past as well and it was in effect then why today they are not allowing JPC? Why Is Modi not saying anything on Adani, the money has been taken out… pic.twitter.com/TlJkkmJJsd

— ANI (@ANI) April 9, 2023

Patole wondered why Modi was not saying anything about Adani as everyone knows that the money has been taken out from LIC and SBI.

His comments have come after NCP Chief Sharad Pawar’s remarks on the demands for a JPC probe. Last Friday, on April 7, Pawar said he did not share the views of his ally Congress calling for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examination on claims against the Adani Company by US-based short seller Hindenburg Research, NDTV reported. 

Pawar spoke up strongly in defence of the Adani Group and slammed the rhetoric around Hindenburg's report on the conglomerate in an exclusive conversation with NDTV.

"Out of proportion importance was given to the issue. The issues that were kept, who kept them? We had never heard of these people (Hindenburg) who gave the statement, what is the background? When they raise issues that cause a ruckus across the country, the cost is borne by the country's economy, we cannot disregard these things. It seems this was targeted," Pawar was quoted by NDTV in its report. 

According to NCP chief, it appears that a certain industrial group in the nation was targeted. "There should be an investigation if they have done anything improper. In parliament, a request for a JPC investigation was made" Pawar stated adding that he had a different perspective on this.

"JPCs were appointed on many issues. I remember a JPC was appointed once on the issue of Coca-Cola, and I was the chairman. So, a JPC has never been formed earlier, that is not the case. A demand for a JPC is not wrong, but why was the demand made? The demand for a JPC was made to say that some industrial house must be inquired into," he said.