Sharad Pawar, the chief of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), has criticized the demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Hindenburg report, which investigated the Adani Group, one of India’s largest conglomerates. Pawar, who is one of India’s senior most opposition leaders, also came out in support of the Adani Group, claiming that the targeting of the industrial group appeared to be politically motivated. The Congress party has demanded the JPC probe into the report, but Pawar said that he did not share the views of his Maharashtra ally. Instead, he pointed out that the Supreme Court had already set up a committee to investigate the report, including a retired Supreme Court judge, an expert, an administrator and an economist. Pawar said that the JPC demand was unnecessary, as it would have been monitored by the ruling party, and thus there was a risk that the truth would not have been revealed. Pawar also criticized the targeting of big business houses, such as the Adani Group, by politicians. He stated that if companies have done something wrong or misused their power, then criticism is warranted, but targeting without any meaningful reason is not acceptable. Pawar urged people to understand that discussion and dialogue are essential in a democracy, and to ignore the issues of the common people regularly is not right.
