Be it Adani, Ambani or Jay Shah, we welcome all: Ashok Gehlot

Condemning the BJP for mocking the Congress after he lavished praise on industrialist Gautam Adani during the Invest Rajasthan summit Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said it was not a private programme and 3000 delegates were attendingBe it Adani or Union Home Minister Amit Shahs son Jay Shah Rajasthan will welcome all because it wants investment and employment Gehlot saidIt is not a private event it is an investors summit There are 3000 delegates who attended the summit of the Congress Gehlot asked while asserting that their ideologies could be that of the Congress or the BJPIn such a situation why do they want to create a hurdle I condemn these people They talked about Gautam Adani yesterday Friday Be it Gautam Adani or any Adani or Ambani or Amit Shahs son Jay Shah we will welcome all of them here We want employment we want investment the chief minister saidCongress leader Rahul Gandhi often highlights Adani to allege that Prime Minister Narendra Modi only helps big businessmenAdani chairman of the Adani Group and the richest man in Asia was seated next to Gehlot during the inaugural ceremony of Invest Rajasthan organised by the Congressrun state government to attract investmentAlso Read Shashi Tharoor dismisses talk of withdrawing from Congress president poll raceThe industrialist announced plans to invest Rs 65000 crore in Rajasthan over the next five to seven years including the setting up of a 10000MW solar power facility expansion of a cement plant and upgradation of Jaipur International AirportWhile speaking at the inaugural ceremony Gehlot addressed the tycoon as Gautam bhai and congratulated him for becoming the worlds second richest personEven as Gehlot showered Adani with praise Gandhi continued to make allegations on Twitter Without taking any names the Congress leader alleged that several crores rupees in loans of capitalist friends were waived off while others were living in debtSatish Poonia president of the BJPs Rajasthan unit Rajendra Rathore deputy Leader of Opposition in the Assembly and party MLA Vasudev Devnani on Friday targeted the Congress following Gehlots praise for AdaniDevnani tweeted in Hindi The chief minister who constantly attacks the central government by taking Adanis name is not tired of praising him in front of crores of Rajasthan citizens during the last days of his unstable governmentHe also shared a picture of both Adani and Gehlot sitting together during the inaugural ceremony saying it was a tight slap on the face of the Congress high commandThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever