New Delhi, July 29: Reliance Natural Resources Ltd (RNRL) Chairman Anil Ambani has gone public with the allegation that the Petroleum Ministry is favouring his elder brother Mukesh in the battle for gas from the Krishna Godavari Basin.
At the Annual General Meeting of RNRL, Anil Ambani made scathing attack on Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani.
RIL has shown dishonourable conduct in persistently refusing to honour the gas supply contract. Two, Reliance Industries is seeking to make exorbitant profit at the cost of power and fertiliser sectors in the country,” claimed Anil while addressing the 15th Reliance Power Annual General Meeting at Birla Matushree in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Anil also made a direct attack on the Petroleum Ministry saying that it is siding with Mukesh in the case.
“The Petroleum Ministry has publicly sought to justify escalated intervention on the ground that it did not know the terms of RIL-RNRL gas arrangement,” he said.
Mukesh’s office has not officially reacted to Anil’s outbursts. RIL’s senior counsel said the Supreme Court should decide the matter and that Anil should not make the case a public debate.
“I think enough has been spoken about this case in the public domain to inform curious people. I think we should now all have the decency and courtesy to reserve out comments,” said RIL counsel Harish Salve.
The KG Basin gas dispute case is in the Supreme Court and will come up for hearing on September 1. Meanwhile, the corporate battle has started heating up.
–Agencies