What was Adani doing in a Maha govt-formation meeting?

Bhavika JainTNN
Nov 13, 2024 | 20:17 IST

The revelation by Ajit Pawar that a meeting between top BJP and NCP leaders was held at Adani’s residence in Delhi in 2019 has raised many questions. Both Sharad Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis will have to come up with answers

“Everybody knows where the meeting took place… everyone was there. Let me tell you again. Amit Shah was there, Gautam Adani was there, Praful Patel was there, Devendra Fadnavis was there, Ajit Pawar was there, Pawar Saheb (Sharad Pawar) was there.”

Ajit Pawar in News Minute-Newslaundry interview
It is no secret that Indian industrialists with deep pockets and deeper connections across party lines have had a say in the formation of governments. But now you have it from the horse’s mouth.

Just days away from voting for bellwether Maharashtra elections, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar has dropped a bombshell, revealing that industrialist Gautam Adani was present at a meeting in 2019, where it was decided that the NCP would support the BJP in forming the government.
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