'Adani is safe under BJP': Rahul Gandhi's jibe at PM Modi
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi on Monday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'ek hai toh safe hai' rhetoric as he went on to explain the nexus between the slogan and the Mumbai's Dharavi project being given to Adani.
"Narendra Modi's slogan is: If we are united, we are safe. The question is: who is one, who is safe, and whose is it safe?" he said at a press briefing.
"Narendra Modi's slogan is: If we are united, we are safe. The question is: who is one, who is safe, and whose is it safe?" he said at a press briefing.
"The answer is – there is Narendra Modi, Adani, Amit Shah and there is Safe Adani. At the same time, the people of Maharashtra and Dharavi are the ones who suffer loss," he added.
Calling the Maharashtra election a contest between the billionaires and the poor, Rahul said that Congress government would side with the farmers, poor and the unemployed.
"The election of Maharashtra is the election of ideology, it is between select few billionaires and the poor. The billionaires want the lands of Mumbai. Our thinking is to provide help to farmers, poor, unemployed. The main issues are employment, and inflation," he said.
'Not to forget Adani-Vadra links'
BJP leader Amit Malviya hit back at Rahul Gandhi for "ranting against the same corporate group" which has links with Robert Vadra.
"On 10th Nov 2024, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy publicly acknowledged accepting money from the Adani Group," he said.
"Today, Rahul Gandhi was ranting against the same corporate group. Besides, there is a long list of investments and MoUs signed by Congress ruled States, with the Adani Group, in the last ten years alone. It was infact Uddhav Thackeray led MVA, which signed off Dharavi’s redevelopment project to the Adani Group, on extremely liberal terms, which the MahaYuti had to tighten later, to protect the interest of Mumbai and residents of Dharavi. Not to forget close links between Adani and Robert Vadra," he added.