New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- The Congress today launched a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government, accusing it of handing over Bihar's natural and public resources to industrialist Gautam Adani at a token price of just Re one per year.
Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera alleged that 1,050 acres of fertile land and 10 lakh trees in Pirpainti, Bhagalpur have been handed over to Adani for setting up a 2,400-megawatt power plant, under a lease agreement for just 1 rupee per year, for a period of 33 years- raising serious concerns over environmental destruction, economic injustice and political favoritism.
"This is not development, this is loot - and not just loot, it is double loo...