SC probe panel will be Adani-centric; govt will get clean chit: Congress

Former Union minister and Congress general secretary in-charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, said the court-appointed committee will not ask questions of the government, as its focus will primarily remain on the business group.

Addressing the media, Ramesh said: “The SC committee is Adani-centred. The questions we raise are aimed at PM Modi and the government. The SC committee will not raise these questions. Only the JPC can deliberate on these questions. The BJP will have a majority in the JPC and also have its MP as the chairperson, but the Opposition will get the opportunity to raise these questions, obtain responses from the government, and everything will go on record.”

Ramesh also alleged that the “Adani scam” was not limited to the stock market but is closely connected to the “PM’s intention and policies”. The fundamental difference between the SC panel and the JPC, in the event of its formation, will be in the nature of the questions that are raised and examined, he said. “The SC panel will not ask questions of the government but rather give it a clean chit. This committee is nothing but an effort to remove the taint from the government and the PM. This is a ‘clean chit for the government committee’,” Ramesh said.