Chidambaram claims that Rahul Gandhi is "absolutely correct" in calling for an investigation into PM Modi's claim

The Congress leader stated that Modi's claim that the businessmen are delivering "tempo-filling quantities" of cash to the Congress should be "viewed with utmost seriousness" in a post on X.

On Friday, P Chidambaram, a former Union minister, said that Congressman Rahul Gandhi is "absolutely correct" in his request for an investigation into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that two businessmen are funding the Congress.

The Congress leader stated that Modi's claim that the businessmen are delivering "tempo-filling quantities" of cash to the Congress should be "viewed with utmost seriousness" in a post on X.

"Rahul Gandhi is entirely right to call for an investigation into the claims made by the Hon. Prime Minister. The two well-known businessmen allegedly had large sums of money that were given to the Congress party, and the honorable prime minister made this extremely severe accusation," Chidambaram said.

"Coming from the Hon'ble Prime Minister, this accusation has to be viewed with extreme seriousness," he said.

Former finance and home minister Chidambaram said that Gandhi's request for an investigation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) or the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is entirely legitimate and charged the BJP with being mute on the matter.

"Rahul Gandhi has called for an investigation by the ED or CBI. The request for an investigation is quite legitimate. He questioned, "Why has the Hon'ble Prime Minister (the Minister for CBI) been silent for the last twenty-four hours?

"What is the reason for the Hon'ble Finance Minister's (ED Minister) lack of response to the request for an investigation? Their quiet is unsettling," Chidambaram said.

During the Lok Sabha elections on Wednesday, Modi made history by accusing the Congress of having a "deal" with "Ambani and Adani." He even questioned if the party had gotten "tempo loads of black money" from the two entrepreneurs in exchange for Gandhi ceasing to "abuse" them.

The prime minister demanded that the party explain why it ceased raising the "Ambani-Adani" issue, which its "shehzada (Gandhi)" used to do for the past five years, and inquired as to whether it had struck a "sauda (deal)". This marked a shift in the narrative surrounding the issue, which the Congress had previously used to attack Modi and his government at the Centre.

Gandhi challenged Modi to call for an investigation by the CBI or the ED into the possibility that Adani and Ambani had given illegal money to his party on the same day.

On the basis of his accusation, a number of Congressmen have also posted videos on social media platforms, inquiring as to when Modi will launch an inquiry into Adani and Ambani.