Adani Probe Can Spoil India-US Ties

New York: Lance Gooden, a Republican lawmaker from the US state of Texas, has slammed the Joe Biden Administration’s probe of senior Adani Group officials, saying this could derail US-India ties and economic growth.

In a letter to US Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, the Congressman said the Department of Justice (DoJ) should focus on domestic issues instead rather than engaging with “selective prosecution of foreign entities and the potential harm such actions pose to US’ global alliances and economic growth”.

“The Department of Justice’s selective actions risk damaging critical alliances with key partners like India, one of America’s strongest allies in the Asia-Pacific region. Instead of pursuing cases with tenuous jurisdiction and limited relevance to US interests, the DOJ should focus on punishing bad actors at home, rather than chasing rumours abroad,” Gooden wrote in the letter (dated January 7).