Chhattisgarh CM Baghel also blames Adani Group for rise in electricity price

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel endorsed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s allegation against the Adani Group that it buys coal above market price due to which prices of electricity in the country are getting inflated. CM Baghel also asked why many public infrastructural projects are bagged by the Adani Group. “‘Mines, airports, railways, everything is going to Adani. What is it that all these things are being given into the hands of Adani? Rahul Gandhi is right. If the electricity bill has increased today, it has increased because of Adani buying expensive coal,” CM Baghel said here. Rahul Gandhi made his allegation based on a report by the UK-based newspaper Financial Times. Addressing a press conference in Delhi on Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi alleged, “In a report from the famous Financial Times, London, now we know that Adani Group has committed another fraud of Rs 12,000 crore. So now the total corruption of the Adani Group stands at Rs 32,000 crore. They over invoice their coal imports, and when the coal enters India, its price changes leading to a surge in electricity prices. These Rs 12,000 crore are getting paid from the pocket of common masses.”