PM Eloquent, Why Isn’t He Telling Banks To Accept My Offer: Mallya

Vijay Mallya made these comments while referring to PM Narendra Modi’s speech in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

The Quint

14 Feb 2019, 03:14 PM IST

Vijay Mallya was arrested by the Scotland Police on 18 April, and was let off on bail the same day.

Fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya on Thursday, 14 February, called Narendra Modi a "very eloquent speaker", and asked why the prime minister was not instructing the banks to take the money that he has put on the table.

The Prime Ministers last speech in Parliament was brought to my attention. He certainly is a very eloquent speaker. I noticed that he referred to an unnamed person who âran awayâ with 9000 crores. Given the media narrative I can only infer that reference is to me.
— Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) February 14, 2019

Following on from my earlier tweet, I respectfully ask why the Prime Minister is not instructing his Banks to take the money I have put on the table so he can at least claim credit for full recovery of public funds lent to Kingfisher.
— Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) February 14, 2019

Mallya, who faces fraud and money laundering charges amounting to Rs 9,000 crore, was referring to PM Modi's last speech in the Parliament that he made on Wednesday, wherein he reportedly spoke about the person who "ran away" with Rs 9,000 crore without taking any names.

Mallya also said that he has made the offer to settle before the Karnataka High Court, calling it "perfectly tangible, honest and readily achievable".

I have made the offer to settle before the HonâBle High Court Court of Karnataka. This cannot be dismissed as frivolous. It is a perfectly tangible, sincere, honest and readily achievable offer. The shoe is on the other foot now. Why donât the Banks take the money lent to KFA ?
— Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) February 14, 2019

Am appalled to say the least at the media reports on the Enforcement Directorate claims that I hid my wealth ! If there was hidden wealth how could I put approximately 14,000 crores worth of assets openly in front of Court ? Shameful misleading of public opinion but unsurprising.
— Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) February 14, 2019

The fugitive businessman's extradition to India was cleared by the UK Home Office on 4 February. The extradition case had been forwarded to Home Secretary Sajid Javid by the Westminster Magistrates' Court on 10 December last year, after over a year of deliberations to consider whether or not Mallya should be sent back to India.

Responding to the approval for his extradition, Mallya had said that he would appeal against it.