MP Rahul Gandhi handing over the house keys to the beneficiaries of District Congress Committee’s ‘Kaithangu’ project at a public meeting, in Meenangadi, Wayanad on Monday.
Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly favoring the Adani Group and sought to know why his speech on ‘nexus between the two’ was edited from the records of Parliament. .
Addressing party workers at Meenangadi in Wayanad on Monday, Gandhi alleged that the nexus between the Prime Minister and Gautam Adani made him the second richest person in the world.
Question to Mr. Modi
Mr Gandhi said he had asked Mr Modi several questions in Parliament about his ‘relationship with Adani’. “Some of the questions were: How many times did Mr. Adani visit a country immediately after the Prime Minister’s visit to the country? How many times Mr. Adani got foreign contracts after PM’s visit? How did Adani Sahab grow so fast? But Mr. Modi failed to answer the questions. Instead he asked, ‘Why are you not called Nehru? Why are you called Gandhi?” Mr. Gandhi said. Responding to a question about Modi’s surname, he said, “In India, generally our surname is our father’s surname.”
The MP said that shell companies abroad are sending thousands of crores of rupees to India. “No one knows where they are located and who owns the companies,” he said.
on the plight of farmers
Mr. Gandhi said that during his ‘India Jodo YatraHe had met people from different walks of life including farmers. The condition of the farmers in all the states was pathetic and pathetic. “Their plight should change, for which the central government and the state governments should take immediate steps. The concerns of the people struggling on the ground for their livelihood must be addressed.
Mr Gandhi said he would next time bring his mother and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi to Wayanad. Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran presided.
Ahead of the meeting, Mr Gandhi met the family of Vishwanathan, a tribal youth from Addal Tole who was found hanging near the Government Medical College Hospital in Kozhikode. He also interacted with the family members of Thomas Pallipurath of Puthussery, who was recently killed in a tiger attack.
He attended the meeting of the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee and the review meeting of Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS).