Wednesday, December 17, 2025 | 04:41 PM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

BJP, Congress spar over 'help' extended to Vijay Mallya

Ahead of the Budget session beginning Tuesday, BJP sought to corner Congress

Vijay Mallya declared proclaimed offender
premium

Press Trust of India New Delhi
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress on Monday traded charges over “help” extended to Vijay Mallya in securing loans and fleeing the country, with the two parties hurling accusations at each other for coming to the aid of the beleaguered businessman.
 
Ahead of the Budget session beginning Tuesday, BJP sought to corner Congress, alleging the “corrupt hands” which helped Mallya secure bank loans belonged to the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram.
 
Singh and Chidambaram rejected the charge, while the Congress targeted the Modi government over allowing the liquor baron to flee