New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said criminal cases will be filed against billionaire Mukesh Ambani, Union Oil Minister Veerappa Moily and other policy-makers for colluding to inflate the prices of gas. (Highlights: Kejriwal orders FIR against Moily, Mukesh Ambani over gas pricing)
Reliance Industries Limited, owned by Mr Ambani, sells gas to state-owned power producers and fertilizer plants. Mr Kejriwal said it has been allowed windfall and illegitimate gains, and that he was acting on the basis of four complaints. (Watch)
Meanwhile, Congress spokesperson Ajay Maken said that his party is not against any kind of inquiry, but the probe shouldn't be political. "Any Congress minister can be probed... guilty should be punished," he said.
The chief minister said that the alleged swindle will unfairly push up gas prices in the capital, which is why his government is intervening in a deal struck between the Centre and Reliance. Mr Kejriwal said Mr Ambani's company had created an artificial shortage to "blackmail" the government to set higher prices.
The government cleared the higher prices after Reliance offered financial guarantees to the government to settle any claims against it over a shortfall in its gas output.
Reliance Industries Limited, owned by Mr Ambani, sells gas to state-owned power producers and fertilizer plants. Mr Kejriwal said it has been allowed windfall and illegitimate gains, and that he was acting on the basis of four complaints. (Watch)
Meanwhile, Congress spokesperson Ajay Maken said that his party is not against any kind of inquiry, but the probe shouldn't be political. "Any Congress minister can be probed... guilty should be punished," he said.
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The chief minister said that the alleged swindle will unfairly push up gas prices in the capital, which is why his government is intervening in a deal struck between the Centre and Reliance. Mr Kejriwal said Mr Ambani's company had created an artificial shortage to "blackmail" the government to set higher prices.
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The government cleared the higher prices after Reliance offered financial guarantees to the government to settle any claims against it over a shortfall in its gas output.
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