New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the renaming of a cricket stadium in his home state Gujarat – billed as the world’s biggest – after him, reviving charges of crony capitalism that he said were illustrated in the way the two of its stands were named. He also highlighted that this change comes at a time when Jay Shah, son of PM Modi’s closest confidante Union Home Minister Amit Shah, was the treasurer of the Indian cricket board BCCI.
The references to Reliance and Adani were that to two of India’s biggest business houses led by billionaires from Gujarat – Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani.
As an opposition leader, Rahul Gandhi has dedicated this season’s attack on PM Modi’s government with special emphasis on accusations of crony capitalism that have been bolstered by the nearly-three-month-long farmers’ protest against the centre’s new agricultural laws.
