Congress on Saturday slammed the BJP-led Centre over its alleged role in pushing the public sector Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to reportedly make huge investments in Adani Group stocks after the latter took a beating in the markets.

Citing media reports, Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said the savings of LIC's 30 crore policyholders were "systematically misused" to benefit the Adani Group.

"Disturbing revelations have just emerged in the media about how the Modani joint venture systematically misused the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and the savings of its 30 crore policyholders. Internal documents reveal that Indian officials drafted and pushed through a proposal to invest about Rs 33,000 crores of LIC funds in various Adani Group c

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