Opinion | There's a Pattern Behind Repeatedly Targeting Adani Group: Get the Connection

“Prime Minister's (Narendra Modi) credibility is destroyed…torn to pieces. What we are doing and we have done very successfully is to prove to every single Indian youngster that Mr Adani and Mr Modi are the same…I must say that the team is doing a phenomenal job. We are working in Congress, other opposition parties and there are many many people, who are, you know, activists who are working and I guarantee you that the structure is going to collapse, it's not going to survive”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said at a hurriedly called Press conference on Thursday.

Two points stand out here. First, the tone of his statement closely mirrors remarks previously made by George Soros, the controversial American billionaire and vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Second, in what may have been an inadvertent slip of the tongue, the de facto leader of the Congress party has, for the first time, admitted that he and his party are working in coordination with “many, many people” who are well-known activists to bring down the Modi government. No prizes for guessing who these activists might be.

Rahul Gandhi held a press conference following reports that an American prosecutor had issued a criminal indictment and filed a civil complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York against Adani Enterprises Chairman Gautam Adani and seven senior executives. The allegations involved bribery of Indian officials in certain Indian states.