Congress president is engaging in a “calumny, disinformation, distortion and malicious lies,” the Reliance group said on Sunday, rebutting the claims of Rahul Gandhi that Anil Ambani is a crony capitalist. The group said that it got over Rs 1 lakh crore of contracts during the UPA rule under then prime minister Manmohan Singh as well. AdvertisingIn an interview with The Indian Express, Rahul Gandhi had said, “People like Anil Ambani are crony capitalists. “The Reliance Group takes this opportunity to request Rahul Gandhi to clarify whether his government, for 10 long years, was supporting an alleged crony capitalist and dishonest businessman, to use Gandhi’s own words,” the statement added. AdvertisingIt is to be noted that the Congress has opened a barrage of attacks on Anil Ambani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the controversies surrounding the Rafale fighter aircraft deal with the French government for the Indian Air Force (IAF).

Source: Indian Express May 05, 2019 14:03 UTC