Efforts to silence Cong, but it will not happen: Ramesh

Congress leader accuses the Centre of trying to silence the party

New Delhi (Agencies): Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Ramesh said, "JPC was constituted in Harshad Mehta case, then in Ketan Parekh case and now our demand is legitimate in the Adani-Hindenburg issue as public sector banks and LIC money is at stake.

"The Adani issue pertains to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Australia and Israel."

He said that the expunction of 'Parliamentary' words are unprecedented as in the past BJP had called Narsimha Rao and Manmohan Singh 'Mauni Baba'.

He said, "The majority members in JPC would be from the BJP, so why is it afraid of constituting the joint Parliamentary committee."

On Tuesday, he said that the subject of the petition is something different as it wants investigation in Hindenburg expose.

The like-minded opposition parties have been demanding a JPC to examine the whole issue as they alleged that public sector banks and LIC have lost money.

IF NOTHING TO HIDE, WHY CENTRE RUNNING AWAY FROM PROBE: RAMESH

New Delhi (ANI): Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said if there was nothing to hide, why the government was running away from the demand for a joint parliament committee. Addressing a press conference, the Congress leader alleged, “The government is not only running away from JPC demand, they are not allowing to take it up in the Parliament — at Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.”“When Rahul Gandhi took it up in Lok Sabha and Mallikarjun Kharge in Rajya Sabha, they were expunged from the Houses.” He said, “If there is nothing to hide, why not allow the demand for JPC?

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