'Told Congress leaders to stop criticising Adani after…': Gourav Vallabh slams party
ANI, Vallabh had said that he had asked the high command of the Congress to stop criticising Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani. This was after the Adani Group chairman was given a clean sheet by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), which had launched an investigation into him over allegations made by US-based short-seller Hindenburg. "The Congress has made a habit of going at Adani and Ambani (Reliance Industries chairperson Mukesh Ambani) night and day.
I did hold a a press conference (while with the Congress) in which I made certain references against Adani. However, when SEBI gave Adani a clean chit (in the probe into the Hindenburg claims), I stopped airing any public statements about him. I even advised the Congress leaders to stop criticising him after the clean chit by SEBI.
But they kept going at him and continue to do so," Vallabh told ANI. In the interview, he also disclosed that he decided not to represent the Congress anymore on television debates or interactions with media persons after the grand old party turned down the invitation of the 'Pran Pratishtha' of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya's Ram Mandir on January 22, this year. "From the time I resigned my membership of the Congress, I have been saying (in interviews with media outlets) that I repeatedly told senior leaders in my former party that we cannot remain silent to opposition to 'Sanatana Dharma'.
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