Compromised PM forced to sell India’s interest: Rahul Gandhi as US court drops charges against Adani

After a United States federal judge formally dismissed criminal charges in a securities fraud case against billionaire Gautam Adani, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of compromising India’s interests and said that the country was “paying a huge price”.

In a social media post, Gandhi shared the screenshot of a media report on the US court approving the US Justice Department’s proposal to dismiss the charges against Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani.

“There is much more to this than meets the eye,” Gandhi wrote. He further added that a “compromised PM was forced to sell India’s interest”.

Before dismissing the case, Judge Nicholas Garaufis had asked prosecutors to explain why they wanted to drop it.

On Monday, the judge criticised senior US Justice Department official Trent McCotter’s conduct as “highly unusual” in the case. He remarked that the official decided to drop charges largely in collaboration with defense counsel and “seemingly without input from the FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation] and SEC [Securities Exchange Commission] agents”.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is the main federal law enforcement agency in the US. The primary role of the Securities Exchange Commission is to enforce laws against market manipulation.

In a court filing on July 4, McCotter said the case was...

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