The former chief minister of India's Andhra Pradesh state refuted on Thursday bribery allegations and any involvement by the Adani Group in the state government's purchase of solar power while he was in power.

The power purchase agreement was between Andhra Pradesh government discoms and the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) – two government agencies. No others, including industrialist Gautam Adani or the Adani Group,

The development comes in the wake of bribery and fraud charges against Adani Group chairperson Gautam Adani and his associates by US prosecutors.

The U.S. indictment of Gautam Adani has thrown a spotlight onto the rolling risks of India’s solar industry. Last week, prosecutors in New York charged the billionaire and several others of securities and wire fraud by agreeing to bribe government officials to secure solar power contracts for the Adani Group’s $19 billion renewable energy unit.

Adani, 62, one of Asia’s richest men, was thrust into the spotlight last week when U.S. prosecutors in New York charged him and seven of his associates with securities fraud.

India’s opposition has disrupted Parliament for a third day, protesting the government’s silence over allegations against billionaire Gautam Adani, who was recently indicted in the U.S. for alleged fr