'Biggest loot in modern India continues': Cong on Dharavi project contract to Adani Group

New Delhi: The Congress Sunday slammed the government over the Dharavi redevelopment project being given to the Adani group, saying this is an example of how the conglomerate is getting enriched at the expense of people.

The Congress' attack came a day after a protest was held in Mumbai against the Dharavi redevelopment project being helmed by the Adani group.

It said "the biggest loot in modern India continues" in full public gaze with the "complete support" of the ruling party.

Former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has alleged it was the "world's biggest Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) scam".

In a statement, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh alleged that the unique quality of the "Modani Mega Scam" is not just that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is channeling lakhs of crores towards his "close friends" and creating a Modi-Made Monopoly (3M), but that the money is coming straight from the pockets of ordinary Indians.

"We already know that the inflated cost of overinvoiced coal imports is being borne by lakhs of electricity consumers and that middle-class travellers are paying Modani's inflated airport charges," he said.

The business conglomerate has denied any wrongdoing on its part. (PTI)