Mallya claims he met FM before leaving India, Arun Jaitley rubbishes charge

Since 2014, I have never given him any appointment to meet me and the question of his having met me does not arise, said Arun Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday rubbished Vijay Mallya’s claim of having met him before fleeing to London, saying he never gave him an appointment after becoming a minister in 2014 but the fugitive liquor baron misused his position as a Member of Parliament to accost him once in Parliament.

“The statement is factually false inasmuchas it does not reflect the truth. Since 2014, I have never given him any appointment to meet me,” Jaitley said. 

He added:  “However, since he was a member of the Rajya Sabha (RS) and he occasionally attended the House, he misused that privilege on