Oppn MPs Form Human Chain Outside Parliament To Protest Against Adani Row, Demand JPC Probe — WATCH

Opposition MPs on Thursday formed a human chain outside of Parliament to protest against the Adani row while demanding a JPC probe into the matter.

Opposition MPs form a human chain to protest over the Adani issue, at Parliament House complex in New Delhi

Source : PTI

Opposition MPs being led by the Congress formed a human chain outside Parliament to protest over the Adani row on Thursday, reported news agency ANI. The opposition leaders demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the matter.

ANI posted a short clip from the ground showcasing the protest.

#WATCH | Delhi: Opposition MPs form a human chain, protest outside Parliament over Adani row and demand Joint Parliamentary Committee probe pic.twitter.com/FM2pgUdIq7

— ANI (@ANI) March 16, 2023

In the one-minute clip posted by ANI, more than 45 MPs could be seen standing in front of Parliament while joining hands together to make a human chain. The leaders were seen carrying posters saying "Finding the Missing", "Talk about Adani (in Parliament) and have JPC probe into it." They were also seen carrying portraits showing Adani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's faces being two sides of the same face.

On Wednesday, leaders of the Opposition parties took to the road trying to march towards the ED office to submit a complaint against the Adani Group but were curtailed by the police. 

A total of 16 Opposition parties participated in the protest march to the ED office yesterday including   Congress, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagham, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Janata Dal-United, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Samajwadi Party, Shiv Sena (Uddhav), Aam Aadmi Party, Communist Party of India, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Indian Union Muslim League, Marumalachi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagham, National Conference, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, and Kerala Congress. 

Trinamool Congress and Nationalist Congress Party kept out of the protest.

In another development, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is likely to attend the Parliament today and is expected to speak on his democracy remarks made at Cambridge University.