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Leaders of various INDIA bloc parties on Thursday held a protest on the Parliament premises wearing black jackets with stickers on them reading "Modi Adani Ek Hai" and "Adani Safe Hai" and raised slogans demanding a joint parliamentary probe into the Adani issue.

 

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, along with several Congress MPs, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and lawmakers of several other opposition parties like RJD and the Left joined the protest.

 

Dressed in his usual white T-shirt with the sticker on, Rahul said Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot get a probe conducted against Gautam Adani, chairperson of the Adani Group, as it would amount to getting an investigation done against himself.

 

The Gandhi siblings demanded that a discussion on the indictment of Adani in a US court on charges of bribery and fraud must take place in Parliament and Prime Minister Narendra Modi must speak in the House on the issue.

 

The protest took place in front of the steps of Parliament's Makar Dwar and not on the steps leading to it as a Lok Sabha Secretariat advisory and Speaker Om Birla had flagged the issue.

 

A little later, the protesting MPs lined up in front of the Samvidhan Sadan and raised slogans against Modi and Adani there.

 

The Lok Sabha Secretariat on Tuesday issued an advisory urging the MPs not to hold protests in front of Parliament gates, saying that such obstruction of movement could affect their safety and security.

 

The opposition MPs had held a protest on the steps of Makar Dwar on Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

The TMC has stayed away from the protests against Adani.

 

The Congress and some other opposition parties have been demanding a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe following the indictment of Adani and other company officials in a US court.

 

The Congress has said that Adani's indictment "vindicates" its demand for a JPC investigation into the various "scams" involving the billionaire industrialist's conglomerate.

 

Gandhi has sought Adani's immediate arrest.

 

The Adani Group has dismissed all allegations as "baseless".