New Delhi, Feb. 14 -- In quite an unusual but assertive note, fugitive business magnate Vijay Mallya on Thursday sought to join issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and wondered why the latter was "not instructing" banks to take the money he (Mallya) has offered to pay back.
"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," Mr Mallya wrote in a series of tweets.
The business tycoon, who has been ordered by the UK government for extradition to India, said,
"The Prime Minister's last speech in Parliament (in Lok Sabha on Wednesday) was brought to my attention. He certainly is a very eloq...