Vijay Mallya hits back at FM Nirmala Sitharaman, asks how can I still be an offender, if...?
Live MintHitting back at FM Nirmala Sitharaman's claim of recovering properties worth ₹14,131.6 crore, fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Wednesday said that he is entitled for relief and the agencies should legally justify how they have taken more than two times the debt. Responding to FM Sitharaman's claim Mallya said that debt recovery tribunal has adjusted his debt at ₹6203 crore, which also includes ₹1,200 crore interest, but according to her statement, the Enforcement Directorate and banks have recovered more than two times the debt. FM Nirmala Sitharaman's statement FM Sitharaman on Tuesday apprised the Lok Sabha that the central enforcement agency has successfully restored properties worth around ₹22,280 crores of individuals and companies connected to economic offence cases. Vijay Mallya's Argument In a serries of social media posts on X, questioning his label as an economic offender and demanding relief, Mallya stated “The Debt Recovery Tribunal adjudged the KFA debt at ₹6203 crores including ₹1200 crores of interest.