If Modi becomes PM, will Mukesh Ambani run the govt, asks Kejriwal

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New delhi, Feb 21: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Friday asked Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi to clear his stand on the controversial gas price hike issue, which he claims was a favour to Reliance Industries boss Mukesh Ambani.

Addressing media in the national capital, the former Delhi chief minister said he has written to Modi and that he plans to write a similar letter to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and will distribute 10 crore copies of the letters in different languages across the country.

 

Kejriwal, who has often questioned Modi’s silence on the issue, said, "Mukesh Ambani was paid much more than decided earlier... Reliance getting benefits. Why are Modi and Rahul Gandhi silent?"

"Both Modi and Rahul use helicopters and private jets in India and abroad. Who owns these? Do they pay for them...You (Modi) hold massive rallies, some people say those are funded by Mukesh Ambani. Is it true," the AAP leader asked.

"We have written a letter to Modi-ji, we will be writing a letter to Rahul Gandhi-ji also soon," Kekriwal said, asking, "If Modi becomes the PM then will Mukesh Ambani run the government."

Kejriwal claims that RIL colluded with the Centre to inflate the price of gas and the BJP deliberately ignored the issue.

The then AAP government in Delhi, just before Kejriwal resigned as the chief minister seeking to dissolve the Delhi Assembly, had even filed FIRs accusing Ambani, Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily, his predecessor Murli Deora and many others of falsely creating a shortage of gas in the country and raising its prices.