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Skewering Giants, Left And Right

Arvind Kejriwal and AAP have been consistent in putting the spotlight on India Inc. A list of their targets.

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Skewering Giants, Left And Right
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The Issue The Target/s The Outcome

KG Basin case Accused Reliance and government of colluding to hike price of natural gas. “This is a clear case of causing unimaginable loss to the government exchequer,” Kejriwal stated. AAP demands FIR against Mukesh Ambani, petroleum minister Veerappa Moily and ex-corp affairs minister Murli Deora. FIR registered.

HSBC case Accused brothers Mukesh and Anil Ambani and Congress MP Annu Tandon of holding hundreds of crores in Swiss bank accounts. Jet Airways’ Naresh Goyal also holds Rs 80 crore, according to AAP. Demands probe against holders of accounts and strict action against HSBC for allowing “corruption, terrorism and kidnapping”. No movement in the case.

Delhi discoms Accused Delhi govt of favouring Anil Ambani’s power discoms, BSES Yamuna and Rajdhani. “Let Tatas and Ambanis leave if they want...There is no shortage of private companies in India. We will find other companies to handle electricity distribution if these companies decide to leave,” Kejriwal says. The power discoms have challenged an independent audit. Power tariffs have been slashed 40% in Delhi.

Adani Group Yogendra Yadav trained his guns on Adani group. “What is the exact relationship between Modi and the Adani group? How has Adani become super-rich in just 10 years?’’ Yadav tweeted this week. A clear attempt to bring focus on Modi’s India Inc-friendly policies.

 

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 Salvo goes unanswered by both parties.

 


PPP Party is opposed to public-private partnerships, saying they incentivise corruption. “Fraud, fabrication and forgeries” beset the model, AAP’s Prashant Bhushan says. Party opposes water privatisation, saying it fuels “tanker mafia”. Has assured free 700 ltrs of water in Delhi and clean water supply.
2G Scam Fresh tapes released by AAP claim to expose DMK chief M. Karunanidhi and his daughter Kanimozhi over kickbacks and Voltas land deal. Tapes show DMK’s complicity in trying to cover up its role in pushing kickbacks in the 2G case. AAP moves SC to examine new evidence.
FDI in Multi-brand Retail “Strictly opposes” FDI in retail. “It seems like the government has taken huge amounts of money from these foreign firms to pass FDI in retail,” the AAP announced. Will affect investment in one’s of India’s most lucrative consumer markets. Status quo.
Robert Vadra-DLF ‘malafide nexus’. Alleges that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra and real estate giant DLF had illegally captured land with Haryana govt help. IndiaBulls, BPTP and GMR group also named. Brought Congress brass under the spotlight of a major ‘scam’, decades after Bofors. Clean chit by state govt. Initiator of probe Ashok Khemka, a Haryana IAS officer, is now under the scanner.
Coal scam “We have found that both (BJP and Congress) have consensus on many issues...be it coal scam in which leaders from both the parties names cropped up.” Kejriwal tweeted, in September ’12 Demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resign. Named under-investigation coal scam accused Naveen Jindal as one of the “most corrupt” leaders.  SC case on, as is CBI investigation. 
Contract employees Kejriwal and AAP have assured that contract labour will be abolished in Delhi. AAP takes on contractor lobby and employers, outcome still fluid. AAP yet to firm up economic position, in which this will be taken up.
Airport Express Line Accuses Anil Ambani of not being able to execute the project. Asks government to take over the line. Delhi Metro Rail Co has now taken over the route.

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