Rahul Gandhi demands Modi investigation into Adani Group

Indian opposition leader brandishes Guardian article on alleged financial violations by Adani family

Rahul Gandhi has said India's global reputation is on the line" and demanded that the prime minister, Narendra Modi, opens a parliamentary investigation, after the Guardian revealed years of alleged financial violations by the politically connected Adani family.

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, the leader of India's opposition Congress party held aloft a copy of the Guardian article detailing how Adani family associates had appeared to use opaque offshore funds to secretly invest hundreds of millions of dollars into shares of their own Adani Group companies, one of the most powerful conglomerates in India.