Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today launched a sharp attack in Lok Sabha (parliament) on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and billionaire Gautam Adani, whose companies are in the spotlight after US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research alleged stocks manipulation and accounting fraud by the group.

The Congress leader, who recently completed a 3,500-km Bharat Jodo Yatra, accused PM Modi of helping Gautam Adani's business empire across sectors, prompting emphatic rebuttals from the ruling BJP, which called his allegations wild and reckless.

"Adani ji never fails in any business he ventures into - solar energy, wind energy. During my yatra people asked me how Adani attained such success in so many sectors, what is his relationship with the Prime Minister," Rahul Gandhi said in Lok Sabha, alleging that the businessman had gained contracts in the countries that PM Modi had visited.

"People across India are asking me how Adani's net worth increased from $ 8 billion to 140 billion between 2014 and 2022," he said.

The Congress leader said the businessman went from "600th to second rank" when the BJP came to power in 2014. He also alleged that rules were changed so the Adani group could bag six airport contracts. This is the most brazen crony capitalism witness in the country. 

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today launched a sharp attack in Lok Sabha (parliament) on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and billionaire Gautam Adani, whose companies are in the spotlight after US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research alleged stocks manipulation and accounting fraud by the group.

The Congress leader, who recently completed a 3,500-km Bharat Jodo Yatra, accused PM Modi of helping Gautam Adani's business empire across sectors, prompting emphatic rebuttals from the ruling BJP, which called his allegations wild and reckless.

"Adani ji never fails in any business he ventures into - solar energy, wind energy. During my yatra people asked me how Adani attained such success in so many sectors, what is his relationship with the Prime Minister," Rahul Gandhi said in Lok Sabha, alleging that the businessman had gained contracts in the countries that PM Modi had visited.

"People across India are asking me how Adani's net worth increased from $ 8 billion to 140 billion between 2014 and 2022," he said.

The Congress leader said the businessman went from "600th to second rank" when the BJP came to power in 2014. He also alleged that rules were changed so the Adani group could bag six airport contracts. This is the most brazen crony capitalism witness in the country.