Rahul
Ga dhi
(File
photo)
NEW
DELHI:
Co g ess
leade
Rahul
Ga dhi
o
Wed esday
eacted
sha ply
to
Gautam
Ada i’s
acquittal
by
a
US
cou t
a d
ta geted
P ime
Mi iste
Na e d a
Modi
ove
the
developme t.I
a
post
o
X,
the
leade
of
oppositio
i
Lok
Sabha
said,
“The e
is
much
mo e
to
this
tha
meets
the
eye.
A
comp omised
PM
was
fo ced
to
sell
I dia’s
i te est.
I dia
is
payi g
a
huge
p ice.”
A
US
fede al
judge
i
New
Yo k
o
Mo day
dismissed
the
ea ly
two-yea -old
c imi al
case
agai st
Ada i
a d
the
othe
accused.
The
US
Depa tme t
of
Justice
had
sought
dismissal
of
the
cha ges,
citi g
six
“ove lappi g
bases”,
i cludi g
that
the
case
i volved
fo eig
co duct,
I dia
had
ot
fou d
“actio able
misco duct”,
o
mo ey
had
bee
lost
o
secu ities
issued
a d
the e
we e
“ext ao di a y
p oof
p oblems”.The
case,
filed
i
Novembe
2024,
accused
Ada i,
his
ephew
Saga
Ada i
a d
six
othe s
of
co spi acy
to
b ibe
I dia
gove me t
officials
to
secu e
a
sola
powe
co t act.
The
Ada i
G oup
had
de ied
the
allegatio s
a d
said
its
compa ies
a d
executives
had
acted
i
acco da ce
with
applicable
laws
a d
egulato y
equi eme ts.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
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Comme t
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espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
Judge
Nicholas
Ga aufis
had
ea lie
questio ed
the
DOJ’s
decisio
to
d op
the
case
a d
sought
fu the
expla atio
fo
the
move.
The
DOJ
had
a gued
that
the
defe da ts
we e
fo eig
atio als
who
had
eve
appea ed
i
the
US
a d
we e
u likely
to
do
so.Ada i,
mea while,
welcomed
the
cou t’s
decisio ,
sayi g:
“Th oughout
this
challe gi g
pe iod,
ou
faith
i
t uth,
fai ess
a d
the
ule
of
law
emai ed
u wave i g.
My
deepest
g atitude
to
those
who
eve
lost
faith
i
us,
i
the
system
a d
i
I dia’s
capacity
fo
justice,”
acco di g
to
the
supplied
text.
