NEW DELHI: The elected members of 18 parties which comprise the opposition in the Indian Parliament had decided to take out a march from the parliament to the office of the Enforcement Directorate demanding an investigation into the Adani-Hindenburg problem on Wednesday. But the Delhi Police stopped this march soon after the leaders left the parliament, forcing them to call off the protest.
The opposition parties have raised the Adani-Hindenburg issue several times in the parliament and alleged the misuse of the central investigating agencies by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party regarding this matter. And this march was initiated as a protest against the same. Soon after the news about the march came out, Delhi Police put up barricades and a large number of police personnel to prevent the movement of the politicians as well as to prevent any possible untoward incident.
The leaders called off the march soon after Delhi Police refused to allow them to move ahead and returned to the parliament. They announced that an appointment has been requested with the ED and a statement regarding the same will come out soon.
"They have stopped us here. We are 200 people, and there are at least 2,000 police personnel. They want to suppress our voice. And then they talk about democracy," mentioned Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge after the MPs were stopped by police. Referring to the recent controversy around Rahul Gandhi’s Remarks in London, he said, “if someone talks about these things in a debate, a seminar, they are called anti-national.”
Notably, Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress and Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party did not join the march even after being members of the opposition.
The Supreme Court of India has already set up a six-member committee of experts to examine issues arising out of the stock crash after the Hindenburg remarks on the Adani Group. The committee has been tasked with an overall assessment, suggesting measures to make investors more aware and to strengthen regulatory measures for stock markets.
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