Amaravathi, Feb. 24 -- Communist Party of India (CPI) secretary K Narayana has alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tour of the United States was only to save Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani from the alleged corruption charges.

In November last year, the Securities and Exchange Commission had charged Gautam Adani, Sagar Adani and Cyril Cabanes, an executive of Azure Power Global Ltd., for conduct arising out of a massive bribery scheme.

In a parallel action, the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York unsealed criminal charges against Gautam and Sagar Adani and Cabanes, among other individuals connected to Adani Green and Azure Power.

Adani is being indicted by the US Department of Justice for his role in an ...