New Delhi

Taking a dig at the Opposition for linking Adani group with the government, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said state-owned Kandla port was more efficient than Adani’s Mundra port, both of which are in Gujarat.

Gadkari’s remarks came during Question Hour in response to TMC member Saugata Roy who mentioned the name of the Adani group when the Minister was replying to supplementaries relating to ports.

“You always link the name of Adani with the government.

It is for the first time that Kandla Port increased its efficiency by 1.44 per cent while Adani’s port went into minus. We have increased our business and they are in the minus,” the Shipping Minister said.

He said “we are getting more business, we have got more turnover and more profit and we are comparing with the Adani’s port with a 1.4 per cent increase”.

TMC leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay wondered whether induction of representatives of private ports in port trust advisory boards would damage the interests of government ports.

In response, Gadkari said if there is a conflict of interest and “we will definitely take your suggestion and act on it”. PTI