"There should be an occasion. Do not spoil the mood of the people who have come to enjoy the building. Have some sense of respect... For news purpose, go somewhere else and not here," Moily said when asked about the FIR against him and Ambani in the gas pricing issue.
He was speaking on the sidelines of a function to inaugurate the new building to house the Environment Ministry.
Flanked by his cabinet colleague and Rural development Minister Jairam Ramesh, Moily refused to answer any query on political developments also.
He ordered the first information report, or FIR, based on a complaint filed by former cabinet secretary TSR Subramanian, ex-navy chief Admiral RH Tahiliani, former union finance secretary EAS Sarma and senior lawyer Kamini Jaiswal.
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