Opposition MPs adamant on JPC probe in Adani issue

As opposition lawmakers marched towards Vijay Chowk on Friday in Delhi to call for a joint parliamentary committee inquiry into the Adani Group controversy, police detained them.
Prior to the police removing the protesting MPs, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge claimed that the Vijay Chowk demonstration was held to demand a JPC to investigate the Adani stock problem and claimed that PM Modi was concealing something from the populace.
Talking to the media persons, Kharge said, “We are holding a protest here to demand JPC. Prime Minister Modi wants to hide something from the people. Lalit Modi, Nirav Modi, and Mehul Choksi looted crores of rupees from the government and fled from this country, and PM Modi is not speaking about them.”
Meanwhile, there was heavy security outside the Congress headquarters in the national capital as party workers protested against the conviction of Rahul Gandhi in the criminal defamation case over his ‘Modi surname’ remark. The protesters were detained by police.
Also today, Karnataka police detained Congress state president DK Shivakumar and other party leaders and workers in Benguluru who were protesting against the Surat Court verdict against Rahul Gandhi.
“Their (BJP) party will collapse in Karnataka. It is on the verge of collapse. They are simply attempting to blackmail all leaders and contractors.People are with us, and we are with them.