West Bengal Chief Minister Subhendu Adhikari has made a claim in a program about Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani. In this claim, the CM is heard saying that after BJP's victory in the Bengal Assembly elections, industrialist Gautam Adani had distributed sweets worth Rs 10 lakh.
According to CM Shubhendu Adhikari, 'Gautam Adani called me on May 5, the next day after the Bengal Assembly election results were declared on May 4.' CM said that Adani had said on the phone that we are proud Indians today. The country was saved. Yesterday we distributed sweets worth Rs 10 lakh.
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Attacking the opposition party Trinamool Congress in the program, Shubhendu Adhikari claimed that despite organizing industry conferences several times during the tenure of the previous government, the expected industrial investment did not come in the state.
Shubhendu's video went viral on social media
The CM claimed that after the change of power in Bengal in May and the formation of the BJP government, the interest of the industry in the state has increased and the Adani Group has also become active in many projects in the state. The video of Shubhendu making this claim is going viral on social media.
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However, after this claim of Shubhendu Adhikari, no statement has come from Adani Group and Gautam Adani.