Who's lobbying?

At a speech at India Corporate Week organised by PHD Chambers in Delhi early this week Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid spoke about the need for ethics and good corporate governance practices in all walks of life and wanted those ethics to begin from corporate houses and reach out to every citizen. The reference to the leaked Niira Radia tapes was clear. Afterwards, however, a reporter pestered him on whether his speech implied that “corporate lobbying” should not be controlled by law but be left to the inspirational decisions of companies. A visibly irritated Khurshid reminded the reporter that his questions suggested that the “media was also lobbying” and said he should stop doing that first.