US legal storm hits Indian tycoon as opposition demands answers

US prosecutors charge Indian businessman **Gautam Adani** in multi-million dollar scheme while opposition seeks parliamentary investigation. Case brings new attention to long-debated ties between business and politics

November 21 2024 , 01:21 PM  •  958 views

US legal storm hits Indian tycoon as opposition demands answers

In a high-stakes development Gautam Adani faces US prosecutors charges in a $265-million fraud-and-bribery scheme‚ with arrest warrants issued for him and his nephew (marking second major crisis for the business-man in two years)

The mega-conglomerate Adani Group quickly pushed back against these claims: saying its fully law-compliant. However Indian opposition parties dont buy this explanation and demand deeper digging into the matter

Indian political landscape heated up as opposition leaders pointed to supposed ties between Adani and Narendra Modi - going back to early-2000s Gujarat days. They suggest special treatment in business deals but govt dismisses such talk as nonsense

We are raising this issue‚ it is my responsibility to raise this issue as leader of opposition

Rahul Gandhi‚ Congress party leader

The fresh accusations come roughly 2 years after that Hindenburg Research thing which made similar claims about off-shore tax stuff; these new developments pushed opposition to act fast. Mallikarjun Kharge - who leads Congress wants parliament to check every bit of Adani Groups work

The ruling BJPʼs tech chief Amit Malviya tried cooling things down saying opposition shouldnt get too excited - he even questioned why this came up right before parliament meets. Meanwhile govt keeps quiet; though earlier they always said any claims about helping Adani are just wild stories

  • Sanjay Singh wants Supreme Court to watch over probe
  • Congress wants special parliament investigation
  • Adani Group says all operations follow rules

This whole thing makes waves in Indian business-politics scene - where questions about links between rich people and govt keep coming up