I have never met Adani, says TN CM raising pitch for JPC probe
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin responding to a query from PMK floor leader GK Mani in the Assembly on Tuesday, categorically denied meeting Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani.
Mani, during his speech during the zero hour, raised a query about media reports about a case registered in the US court against Adani, which included purported connections with the Tamil Nadu government, and sought the state government’s explanation on the issue.
Responding to him, Stalin clarified, “Neither I nor the present Tamil Nadu government has any connection in this matter. I have never met him, and he has never met me.”
Referring to remarks from PMK leaders made earlier, he said in the Assembly that while the party leaders repeatedly raised questions about his alleged meeting with Adani, they avoided raising them in the Assembly, likely because they realised the truth that the meeting never happened.
Stalin further pointed out in the Assembly that the Electricity Minister V Senthilbalaji has already provided detailed clarifications multiple times on the issue.
Pointing out that the PMK and the BJP were often making false allegations against the DMK government on corruption involving the Adani group, he challenged whether two parties would support the INDIA bloc’s demand in the parliament for Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into serious allegations against Adani.
Meanwhile, shortly after Stalin’s challenge in the assembly, PMK president Dr Anbumani Ramadoss, in a statement, assured the party’s support to the demand for a JPC probe into the corruption allegations against the Adani group. It is noteworthy that the PMK is in alliance with the ruling BJP at the Centre, which has opposed the demand for the probe.