arvind kejriwal letter to mukesh ambani

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Arvind Kejriwals letter to Mukesh Ambani

Dear Mr Mukesh Ambani,

You have recently sent a defamation notice to a number of TV channels. Their crime is that theyaired the press conference held on the 31 st October 2012 and 9 th November 2012, by PrashantBhushan and me, live. In our press conference, we presented before the country how you had illegallypressurized the government into increasing gas prices. We also told the country that your associatesand your companies have accounts in Swiss banks where black money had been stashed away.Many TV channels aired our expose live. All these TV channels have now received defamationnotices from you.

I find it quite perplexing. If you felt that you have been defamed by what Prashant Bhushan and I said,then we are the real culprits and, if you had to send a defamation notice, it should have been to us.The TV channels merely broadcast what we said. Despite this, instead of sending us the defamationnotice, you have sent it to the TV channels. It is evident that your sole purpose of sending this noticewas to steamroll the TV channels into subservience.

The people of India want to ask you some straight questions:

Is it not true that the list of those who have accounts in Swiss Banks, as received by theGovernment of India, includes your name and the names of your relatives, your friends and your companies?

Is it not true that a balance of Rs. 100 crores is shown against your name in this list?

Is it not true that you have paid the tax on this amount after this list was received by theGovernment?

If the above is true, as we suspect it is, it proves that you have admitted your guilt. As per the law of the land, you should be tried and, if the charge of tax evasion is proved, you should be sent to jail.

However, this would never happen. Why? Because the Government of India is intimidated by you.You have been reported as saying that the Congress Party has been bought by you it isyour dukaan , to be precise. You are right. according to some media reports, Mrs. Sonia Gandhisometimes travels by your personal aircraft. People believe that Mr. Jaipal Reddys ministry was alsochanged because of your influence.

Why only the Congress? Even BJP and many other parties are in your pocket. Earlier, Mr. Advaniused to make a lot of noise about Swiss Bank accounts, but since your accounts have been exposed,BJP has suddenly gone quiet. BJP has not mentioned a single word in the Parliament about your accounts.


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It appears that almost all parties are afraid of you. Most leaders are scared of you, too. However, thecitizens of this country are not scared of you. All parties could be your dukaan but India is not up for sale. India is ours, it belongs to the people of this country. You can purchase political parties andpolitical leaders with your money but we will not let India be sold.

You say that the TV channels have tainted your reputation by airing our press conference live. That'swrong. I would urge you to answer this question honestly - Did Prashant Bhushan, myself and the TVChannels defame you or did you defame yourself through your own misdeeds?

1. In 2002, you gave 1 Crore shares with a market price of Rs. 55 per share to Mr. Pramod Mahajanat just Rs. 1 per share. This was a straight bribe to get Full Mobility. When you were caught, youtook back the shares. Presently, the matter is In court. Didn't you defame yourself by doing this?

2. You have made your multistoreyed residence on Wakf land. This land had been set aside for anorphanage. You have stolen the right of poor and orphaned Muslim children. Didn't you defameyourself by doing this?

3. A few gas wells belonging to the Country were allotted to you in 2000. You were supposed toextract gas and give it to the government. The gas belongs to us, the people of India. We are theowners of this gas. You were only a contractor appointed to extract the gas. However, cleverly youbecame the owner of the gas. You started "selling" the gas to the government.Because the Congress is in your pocket, it always bowed before your bullying. The Congress keptincreasing the price of gas under your pressure and the nation kept wailing. Because of you, theprices of electricity, fertilizer and cooking gas kept rising. When it crossed all limits, Mr. Jaipal Reddyopposed you. He was the Minister for Oil and Gas at that time. You got Mr. Jaipal Reddytransferred. Because of you many things have become increasingly expensive in India and the peopleare groaning under the load of these high prices. Do these shenanigans suit you? Do such acts notdefame you?

The list of such illegal acts done by you is quite long.

The majority of the traders, businessmen and industrialists want to do their work honestly. But thesystem forces them into wrongdoings. But when a businessman like you brazenly subverts thesystem for his personal benefit, the entire industry and business world gets a bad name.

You are on one side with immense wealth. On the other side are the people of this country. Thepeople have now awakened. Fire is raging in their heart. History is witness that whenever there hasbeen a clash between money and such rage, the rage has won.

Kindly do not try to intimidate the media of this country. There may be some mediamen who mayhave done wrong things themselves. Such media-persons may succumb to your pressure. However,the majority of media persons keep the interest of the Country at heart even today. They are not goingto capitulate so easily. History is witness that whenever the judiciary, bureaucracy and legislaturecrumbled, it is the honest fourth pillar, comprising such media-persons that kept democracy alive.

You have invested in some media houses directly or indirectly. It is possible that these media housesdo your bidding. However, the journalists working for such media houses will not barter their integrityso easily.

What is your dream? Do you want to become the world's richest person through dishonesty? Supposeyou became the owner of all the wealth in this country. Would that make you happy? Happiness does


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not increase by accumulating more and more wealth. Happiness comes with sacrifice. If you stoppeddoing business dishonestly and contributed your wealth for the development of the nation, this countrywill remember you with pride forever.

With regards,

Arvind Kejriwal

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