Watch | A Document Reveals Modi’s Role in Pushing Adani Deal with Sri Lanka

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Description: This episode of 'Checks and Balance' focuses on an allegation by the Sri Lanka electricity board head, that PM Modi allegedly put pressure on Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to give a green signal to an Adani deal.

This episode of 'Checks and Balance' focuses on an allegation by the Sri Lanka electricity board head, that PM Modi allegedly put pressure on Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to give a green signal to an Adani deal.

Saahil Murli Menghani

watch a document reveals modi’s role in pushing adani deal with sri lanka

An official document has been in the Sri Lankan Finance Ministry's records since November 2021. In it, Sri Lanka's electricity board chief says that a project by Adani Group in Sri Lanka was backed by the Indian government and was treated as a proposal from the Indian government. It was, in fact, seen as a 'G-G', i.e. a Government to Government proposal.

The electricity board chief has also talked about how Prime Minister Narendra Modi allegedly put pressure on Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to give a green signal to Adani's deal. As the government remains busy firefighting the outrage against Agnipath and with the Maharashtra political crisis, this is a big story that also demands answers from the Modi government.

Saahil Murli Menghani reports for the show 'Checks & Balance.'

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