New Delhi: Contrary to his previous stand on the demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) into the allegations leveled against the Gautam Adani-led group by US short-seller Hindenburg Research, NCP veteran Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said he would not allow such a probe. will support Speaking to a private Marathi news channel, the veteran Maharashtra politician said, “If our friends in the opposition parties insist on a JPC probe, then for the sake of opposition unity, we will not oppose it. We will not agree with their view.” , But to ensure that our stand does not harm the opposition unity, we will not insist on it (JPC probe).
The NCP chief had earlier created a flutter in the opposition parties by saying that he was against a JPC inquiry into the issue and that Adani was being targeted. However, on Sunday, Pawar expressed apprehension over the outcome of a JPC that would have majority members from the ruling party, and instead highlighted issues such as unemployment and inflation.
The strength of the JPC will be based on the strength of political parties in Parliament. The BJP has over 200 MPs and will have the maximum number of members in the 21-member JPC. There will be 5-6 members in the opposition. Will such a small number be able to play an effective role? But still, if the opposition parties insist on a JPC probe, I will have no objection to it,” the former Maharashtra chief minister said while talking to the news channel.
Pawar also hit out at Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, claiming the latter did not consult MVA partners – NCP and Congress – before resigning as Maharashtra chief minister. “Taking decisions without discussion has its own consequences. The fact cannot be denied that there was no discussion at that time,” Pawar said.
Pawar’s party later also sang different tunes in the context of the controversy over PM Modi’s educational degree, the EVM issue that triggered a wave of discontent in the three-party MVA just ahead of the upcoming civic polls in Maharashtra. The cow The NCP veteran asked whether one’s educational degree should be a political issue in a country which is facing unemployment, law and order disruption and inflation.
The Congress, however, remained silent, though MVA partner Shiv Sena-UBT tried to play down Pawar’s remarks saying it was nothing new. Amidst all this, State Congress President Nana Patole said that 19 opposition parties of the country are demanding a JPC inquiry into the Adani Group scam.
“Funds of LIC, SBI and EPFO have been illegally invested in Adani group. It is people’s hard earned money and they have the right to have its account. If truth has to come out, it can come out only through JPC probe” Is.”
He pointed out that earlier, several JPCs had been set up for the so-called Bofors case, the stock market scam and the soft drinks issue – the last JPC was headed by Pawar. “If there is really no conviction in the Adani Group scam, then why is Prime Minister Narendra Modi scared of the JPC probe?” Patole told media persons.
He said that irrespective of the NCP’s alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Nagaland government or some other local bodies, the Congress, through the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), would continue to fight against the authoritarianism of the BJP. ,