Hyderabad, May 10 -- AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi "whether he was just watching with his open eyes or sleeping" when money was being sent to Congress in a tempo by industrialists Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, as alleged by the latter during his recent speech in Telangana.

Addressing the media at the Taj Krishna Hotel on Friday, May 10, Kharge questioned why Modi couldn't use the ED, CBI or IT to raid and seize the houses of Adani and Ambani if he had prior information about the tempo carrying money.

"This Prime Minister doesn't speak like a statesman, but he speaks about his own friends (Adani and Ambani). When we used to level allegations against them, the prime minister used to defend the...