NEW DELHI: (PTI):-  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of signing a trade deal with the US only to secure the “release” of billionaire businessman Gautam Adani.

“Compromised PM did not strike a trade deal, but a bargain for Adani’s release,” Gandhi said in a post in Hindi on X, after reports that the US has agreed to settle the lawsuit that accused Adani of hiding alleged bribery.

The US government has agreed to settle the lawsuit filed against Adani, who is accused of duping investors by concealing that his company’s huge solar energy project in India was being facilitated by an alleged bribery scheme, according to court filings published Thursday.