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THE RADIA PHONE TAP(E)S
May - July 2009
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The Radia Tap(e)s
The Radia Tap(e)s ...................................................... 2
1. Radia Tapes: Radia, A.Raja .......................................... 6
2. Radia Tapes: Radia, Sunil Arora ..................................... 7
3. Radia Tapes: Radia and RK Chandolia ................................. 9
4. Radia Tapes: Radia, Barkha Dutt .................................... 12
5. Radia Tapes: Radia, Barkha Dutt .................................... 14
6. Radia Tapes: Radia, R.K. Chandolia ................................. 14
7. Radia Tapes: Radia, Kanimozhi ...................................... 17
8. Radia Tapes: Radia, Barkha Dutt .................................... 18
9. Radia Tapes: Radia, Shankkar Aiyar ................................. 19
10. Radia Tapes: Radia, Kanimozhi ..................................... 24
11. Radia Tapes: Radia, Vir Sanghvi ................................... 25
12. Radia Tapes: Radia, A. Raja ....................................... 28
13. Radia Tapes: Radia, Vir Sanghvi ................................... 29
14. Radia Tapes: Radia, Kanimozhi ..................................... 30
15. Radia Tapes: Radia, Barkha Dutt ................................... 32
16. Radia Tapes: Radia, Jehangir Pocha ................................ 33
17. Radia Tapes: Radia and Tarun Das .................................. 34
18. Radia Tapes: Radia, Ranjan Bhattacharya ........................... 41
19. Radia Tapes: Radia, Ranjan Bhattacharya ........................... 44
20. Radia Tapes: Radia, Barkha Dutt ................................... 48
21. Radia Tapes: Radia, R.K. Chandolia ................................ 49
22. Radia Tapes: Radia, Barkha Dutt ................................... 51
23. Radia Tapes: Radia, Shankkar Aiyar ................................ 51
24. Radia Tapes: Radia, Kanimozhi ..................................... 53
25. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ................................. 55
26. Radia Tapes: Radia, Vir Sanghvi ................................... 55
27. Radia Tapes: Radia, Kanimozhi ..................................... 57
28. Radia Tapes: Radia, Vir Sanghvi ................................... 62
29. Radia Tapes: Radia, Kanimozhi ..................................... 63
30. Radia Tapes: Radia, K. R. Raja .................................... 66
31. Radia Tapes: Radia, Jehangir Pocha ................................ 70
32. Radia Tapes: Radia, Shankkar Aiyar ................................ 73
33. Radia Tapes: Radia, A.Raja ........................................ 78
34. Radia Tapes: Radia, Vir Sanghvi ................................... 80
35. Radia Tapes: Radia, Kanimozhi ..................................... 83
36. Radia Tapes: Radia, A.Raja ........................................ 85
37. Radia Tapes: Radia, Vir Sanghvi ................................... 88
38. Radia Tapes: Radia with Cecilia ................................... 88
39. Radia Tapes: Radia, Ranjan Bhattacharya ........................... 90
40. Radia Tapes: Radia with N.K.Singh ................................. 93
41. Radia Tapes: Radia with N.K. Singh ................................ 95
42. Radia Tapes: Venkat (Executive Secretary to Ratan Tata), Radia .... 98
43. Radia Tapes: Radia with Poongothai Aladi Aruna ................... 100
44. Radia Tapes: Radia with Tarun Das ................................ 102
45. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Modi ................................... 107
46. Radia Tapes: Radia, Jehangir Pocha ............................... 109
47. Radia Tapes: Radia, Yatish ....................................... 110
48. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ................................ 117
49. Radia Tapes: Radia, Ranjan Bhattacharya .......................... 118
50. Radia Tapes: Radia with Atul ..................................... 119
51. Radia Tapes: Radia, Srini ........................................ 123
52. Radia Tapes: 036 Radia with Srini ................................ 128
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53. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ................................ 133
54. Radia Tapes: 038 Radia, Sunil .................................... 138
55. Radia Tapes: Radia with Yatish ................................... 142
56. Radia Tapes: Radia with Manoj Warrier ............................ 144
57. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ................................ 145
58. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ................................ 149
59. Radia Tapes: Radia, Vishal ....................................... 154
60. Radia Tapes: Radia, R. K. Chandolia .............................. 160
61. Radia Tapes: Radia, Navika Kumar ................................. 162
62. Radia Tapes: Radia, Senthil Chengalvarayan ....................... 165
63. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Modi ................................... 168
64. Radia Tapes: Radia, Ratan Tata ................................... 176
65. Radia Tapes: Radia, Rashmi (ET) .................................. 184
66. Radia Tapes: Radia, Shalini Singh Tata Group ..................... 189
67. Radia Tapes: Radia with Manoj Warrier ............................ 196
68. Radia Tapes: Radia, Tarun Das .................................... 198
69. Radia Tapes: Radia, Raja ......................................... 205
70. Radia Tapes: Senthil, Radia ...................................... 206
71. Radia Tapes: Radia, Srinath Narasimhan ........................... 208
72. Radia Tapes: Radia, Rajathi Ammal ................................ 217
73. Radia Tapes: Radia, G.Ganapathy Subramanium (ET) ................. 220
74. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ................................ 224
75. Radia Tapes: Radia, Rakesh ....................................... 228
76. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ................................ 237
77. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ................................ 238
78. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Modi ................................... 240
79. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ................................ 242
80. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ................................ 244
81. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ................................ 246
82. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ................................ 250
83. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ................................ 253
84. Radia Tapes: Radia, K. R. Raja ................................... 256
85. Radia Tapes: Radia, G.Ganapathy Subramanium (ET) ................. 262
86. Radia Tapes: Radia, Prasad (Tata Adviser) ........................ 264
87. Radia Tapes: Radia, Rahul Joshi ET ............................... 266
88. Radia Tapes: Radia, R.Sridharan (ET Now) ......................... 273
89. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manish (Bangalore Office) .................... 279
90. Radia Tapes: Radia, Vir Sanghvi .................................. 283
91. Radia Tapes: Radia, Sunil Jain ................................... 288
92. Radia Tapes: Radia, Shalini Singh (Tata Group) ................... 289
93. Radia Tapes: Radia, Rohit Khanna (Vaishnavi) ..................... 293
94. Radia Tapes: Radia, Jehangir Pocha ............................... 296
95. Radia Tapes: Radia, K.Venugopal .................................. 298
96. Radia Tapes: Radia, K Venugopal .................................. 305
97. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ................................ 310
98. Radia Tapes: Radia, Unknown ...................................... 313
99. Radia Tapes: Radia, G.Ganapathy Subramanium (ET) ................. 314
100. Radia Tapes: Radia, G.Ganapathy Subramanium (ET) ................ 316
101. Radia Tapes: Radia with Noel Tata ............................... 318
102. Radia Tapes: Radia, Venkat ...................................... 319
103. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ............................... 320
104. Radia Tapes: Radia with unknown (Mohan?) ........................ 323
105. Radia Tapes: Jeh, Radia ......................................... 324
106. Radia Tapes: Jeh, Radia ......................................... 326
107. Radia Tapes: Radia, Jehangir Pocha .............................. 328
108. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ............................... 329
109. Radia Tapes: Radia, Ganapathy ................................... 332
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110. Radia Tapes: Radia, M. K. Venu .................................. 337
111. Radia Tapes: Radia with Manoj Warrier ........................... 353
112. Radia Tapes: Radia, Vir Sanghvi ................................. 354
113. Radia Tapes: Radia, Vishal Mehta ................................ 358
114. Radia Tapes: Radia, Sunil Arora ................................. 358
115. Radia Tapes: Radia, Prabhu Chawla ............................... 362
116. Radia Tapes: Radia with Vir Sanghvi ............................. 370
117. Radia Tapes: Radia, Upender ..................................... 371
118. Radia Tapes: Radia, Cecilia ..................................... 374
119. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ............................... 375
120. Radia Tapes: Radia, Harinder Singh .............................. 377
121. Radia Tapes: Radia, M.K.Venu .................................... 379
122. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ............................... 383
123. Radia Tapes: Radia with Sunil Arora ............................. 385
124. Radia Tapes: Radia, Jehangir Pocha .............................. 386
125. Radia Tapes: Radia, R.K.Chandolia ............................... 389
126. Radia Tapes: Radia, unknown ..................................... 390
127. Radia Tapes: Radia, G.Ganapathy Subramanium (ET) ................ 391
128. Radia Tapes: Tata Executive, Radia .............................. 396
129. Radia Tapes: Radia, G.Ganapathy Subramanium (ET) ................ 397
130. Radia Tapes: Radia, G.Ganapathy Subramanium (ET) ................ 405
131. Radia Tapes: Radia, G Ganapathy Subramaniam ET .................. 411
132. Radia Tapes: Radia, R.K.Chandolia ............................... 413
133. Radia Tapes: Radia, Ganapathy G. ................................ 414
134. Radia Tapes: Radia, Daljeet ..................................... 416
135. Radia Tapes: Radia, Sanjay ...................................... 417
136. Radia Tapes: Radia, Tarun Das ................................... 418
137. Radia Tapes: 096 Radia, G Ganapathy Subramaniam (Pressurising ET) 424
138. Radia Tapes: Radia, G. Ganapathy Subramanium .................... 425
139. Radia Tapes: Radia, Unknown ..................................... 433
140. Radia Tapes: Radia, Daljeet ..................................... 434
141. Radia Tapes: Radia, Dorai ....................................... 437
142. Radia Tapes: Radia, Ganpathy S. ................................. 438
143. Radia Tapes: Radia, Daljeet ..................................... 441
144. Radia Tapes: Radia, S Padmanabhan ............................... 445
145. Radia Tapes: Radia, R.K. Chandolia .............................. 448
146. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ............................... 450
147. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ............................... 453
148. Radia Tapes: Radia, Mukesh Ambani ............................... 455
149. Radia Tapes: Radia, Baiju Biju .................................. 456
150. Radia Tapes: Radia, Ganpathy .................................... 460
151. Radia Tapes: Radia, Ratan Tata .................................. 464
152. Radia Tapes: Radia, Mr Prasad ................................... 465
153. Radia Tapes: Radia, PMS Mr Prasad ............................... 467
154. Radia Tapes: Radia, Suhel Seth .................................. 468
155. Radia Tapes: Radia, Rajdeep Sardesai ............................ 473
156. Radia Tapes: Radia, Padmanabhan ................................. 474
157. Radia Tapes: Radia, Rakesh Hari Pathak (Economic Bureau Chief PTI) 477
158. Radia Tapes: Radia with Tata .................................... 479
159. Radia Tapes: Radia, Jaideep Bose (TOI) .......................... 485
160. Radia Tapes: Radia, G Ganapathy Subramaniam (ET) ................ 490
161. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ............................... 496
162. Radia Tapes: Radia, Sunil Arora ................................. 499
163. Radia Tapes: Radia, Tarun Das ................................... 503
164. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ............................... 507
165. Radia Tapes: Radia, Sunil Arora ................................. 508
166. Radia Tapes: Radia, G Ganapathy Subramanium ..................... 512
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167. Radia Tapes: Radia, Surojit ..................................... 516
168. Radia Tapes: Radia, Madhav? ..................................... 520
169. Radia Tapes: Radia, Padmanabhan ................................. 526
170. Radia Tapes: Radia, M K Venu .................................... 527
171. Radia Tapes: Radia, Unknown ..................................... 532
172. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ............................... 534
173. Radia Tapes: Radia, M K Venu .................................... 538
174. Radia Tapes: Radia, Tarun Das ................................... 556
175. Radia Tapes: Radia, N.K.Singh ................................... 558
176. Radia Tapes: Radia, Barkha Dutt, Manoj Modi ..................... 562
177. Radia Tapes: Radia, Tarun Das ................................... 563
178. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ............................... 566
179. Radia Tapes: Radia, Daljeet ..................................... 569
180. Radia Tapes: Radia, Manoj Warrier ............................... 571
181. Radia Tapes: Radia, G.Ganapathy Subramanium (ET) ................ 572
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1. Radia Tapes: Radia, A.Raja
A. Raja: Telecom Minister, DMK
Date: Friday 22, May 2009
Time: 01:47:37
00:05.599
(Phone Rings)
00:10.720
Niira Radia: Hello?
A. Raja: Raja here
00:13.279
Niira Radia: Hi! I got a message from Barkha Dutt just now
A. Raja: Huh?
00:17.375
Niira Radia: Barkha Dutt
A. Raja: What does she say?
00:20.704
Niira Radia: She says... that she has been following up the story with
Prime Minister's Office tonight. In fact, she was the one who told me
when Sonia Gandhi went there. She says that he has no problem with
you, but he has a problem with Baalu
00:34.784
A. Raja: ...but it has to be discussed with Leader.
Niira Radia: yeah, yeah... he has to discuss with the Leader. He has
to tell...
00:39.648
A. Raja: It will be discussed in the morning. Why unnecessarily
Congress - DMK [indiscernible] tie-up is going out?
Niira Radia: No, but then the question is about Azhagiri, no?
A. Raja: Huh?
00:49.888
Niira Radia: Azhagiri's people are saying: why is Maran getting
Cabinet when he is such a senior leader himself?
A. Raja: That is different, but all these things must be explored and
disclosed.
01:02.176
Niira Radia: That's right. That's right. I told her to get Congress...
A. Raja: At least, one to one, let it be disclosed to Leader
01:08.319
Niira Radia: One to one?
A. Raja: One to one. Somebody should give a message, at least in a
sealed cover, that we are having serious problems with Baalu.
01:17.279
Niira Radia: From Congress, right?
A. Raja: Yes.
01:19.840
Niira Radia: Okay, I'll tell her. She is talking to Ahmed Patel, so I
will talk to her.
01:22.912
A. Raja: Let him [sic] call at least over phone: Sir, this is
problem... we are having high regard, we are having no problem with
Raja, but problem is Baalu. Tell.
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01:30.847
Niira Radia: Then how will you resolve the other problem?
A. Raja: Other problems we will take care of slowly, because now
Leader comes down.
01:37.503
Niira Radia: Uh huh.
A. Raja: Don't worry.
01:39.807
Niira Radia: Now Leader comes down to three, no?
A. Raja: Comes down for [sic] three...
01:43.902
Niira Radia: Yeah
A. Raja: Even you are saying that Maran is not fit for
infrastructure... he is having controversy... alright, let him be
accommodated in the existing ministry... at least we will suggest.
01:53.888
Niira Radia: Maran?
A. Raja: Hmm... you suggest, you send a message.
01:57.984
Niira Radia: Uh, huh.
A. Raja: Okay.
Niira Radia: Okay.
(Tape ends)
2. Radia Tapes: Radia, Sunil Arora
Sunil Arora: IAS, Ex-Indian Airlines Chairman
Date: Friday 22, May 2009
Time: 08:15:37
00:06.942
phone ringing
00:20.493
Niira Radia: Haan Sunil.
Sunil Arora: Hello?
Niira Radia: Haan Sunil.
Sunil Arora: Hello?
Niira Radia: Haan Sunil. Hello?
00:27.910
Sunil Arora: Arre, sorry. so rahi thi? (Sorry, were you sleeping?)
Niira Radia: Nahin uth gayi. (No. I woke up.)
00:31.398
Sunil Arora: Achha woh waakai jaa rahaa hai kya 10 baje? (Is he
really leaving at 10 o clock?)
Niira Radia: Haan ja rahe hai (Yes, he is going.)
Sunil Arora: Haan? (Sorry?)
Niira Radia: Haan jaa rahe hai (Yes, he is going.)
Sunil Arora: Achha. (Okay)
00:39.977
Niira Radia: Basically, thoda sa Congress ne gadbad kar di hai.
(Basically the Congress has messed up a bit.)
Sunil Arora: Haan (Yes)
Niira Radia: Inko 4 chaahiye thi ,cabinet. Woh Azhagiri hai naa (They
wanted 4 cabinets. You know, Azhagiri, no?)...he's quiet a big leader
from South India.
Sunil Arora: Haan, haan, Madurai wala (Yes, yes. The guy from
Madurai)
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00:51.181
Niira Radia: Yes. You can't ignore him.
Sunil Arora: Haan. sabse bada beta toh wohi hai. (Yes, he's the
eldest son, after all.)
Niira Radia: Haan, par tum agar 'Dayanidhi, Dayanidhi' kar ke aage
kah rahe ho...
00:57.233
Niira Radia: ...toh tum agar Dayanidhi ko cabinet berth de rahe ho.
Aur tum hamaare mantriyon ko name kar rahe ho, toh phir tum Azhagiri
ko cabinet berth do (Yes. But if you're pushing forward Dayanidhi's
name and if you're giving a cabinet berth to Dayanidhi, and you're
also naming our ministers, then give a cabinet berth to
Azhagiri)...kyunki hum Raja aur Baalu ko toh pahle hi kah chuke the
ke de rahe hai. (Because we'd already told Raja and Baalu that we'd
give them.) You have to tell me that I'll give you three, then you
have to let me decide who those three will be, right?
Sunil Arora: Haan (Yes).
01:16.176
Niira Radia: Yeh toh aage aage kar ke bas lage hue the 'Dayanidhi,
Dayanidhi' kar ke (But they just kept on pushing for Dayanidhi.)
Sunil Arora: Haan...
Niira Radia : Usmein gadbad ho gaya. (Thats where they messed up.)
01:22.340
Sunil Arora: 48 hours mein kuch dimag zyada nahin kharaab ho gaya?
(Haven't they lost their heads a bit much in the last 48 hours?)
Niira Radia: Congress kaa? (Of the Congress?)
Sunil Arora: Haan (Yes)
Niira Radia: Zyada hi. Inhone Farooq Abdullah ke saath bhi aisa kiya
(A bit much! They did the same thing with Farooq Abdullah.)
Sunil Arora: Haan (Yes).
01:32.300
Niira Radia: Praful ko aviation mil gaya kya? (Did Praful get
aviation?)
Sunil Arora: Pata nahin. Akhkbaron mein aur TV mein yahi aa raha
hai, kal raat se hi aa raha hai, ke 'mil rahaa hai, mil rahaa hai'.
(I don't know. The papers and TV have been saying just that since last
night, that he's getting it)
Niira Radia: Hmm
Sunil Arora: Baaki bhagwaan jaane. Rest only god knows.
Niira Radia: Hmm
Sunil Arora: Praful ka toh do jagah se aa raha hai backup,
bhai...(Praful is backed up from two sources, my friend.)
Niira Radia: Hmm
01:44.979
Sunil Arora: Because I think internally...
Niira Radia: Hmm
Sunil Arora: T.K. Nair is too much mixed up with him
Niira Radia: Hmm.
Niira Radia: But T.K.Nair has nothing to do with this, naa?
Sunil Arora: Behind the scenes hotaa hai yaar, aisi baat nahin hai.
(These things happen behind the scenes) (sniggering).
Niira Radia Hmm
02:00.310
Sunil Arora: Yahaan state level par bhi jab cabinets bantii hain...
(When they make cabinets at the state level here,...)
Niira Radia: Hmm
Sunil Arora: ...2-3 naam plus-minus tab bhii log kar dete hain (there
too, 2-3 names are added or removed.)(sniggering).
Niira Radia: Hmm
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02:08.323
Sunil Arora: Centre pe bhii aise hi hota hoga. (It must be the same
at the central level.)
Niira Radia: Hmm
02:13.204
Niira Radia: Hmmmm.
02:16.303
Sunil Arora: Plus, inke links bahut mix-up ho chuke hain aapas mein.
(Plus, their links are all mixed up within themselves.)
Niira Radia: Hmm
Sunil Arora: Their lines are too now closely crossed with each other.
Niira Radia: Hmm
02:24.376
Sunil Arora: Abhi aap ghar par hain? (Are you at home now?)
Niira Radia: Haan (Yes).
Sunil Arora: Landline number kya hai? (What is your landline number?)
Niira Radia: Main abhi 5 minute mein phone karun? (Let me call you
back in five minutes?)
02:29.629
Sunil Arora: Mai hi kar leta hun. phir mai nikal raha tha. Ya main...
kar lun? (Let me call. Then I have to leave. Should I call?)
Niira Radia: I'll just call you. It's 64612650.
02:36.442
Sunil Arora: What? 61...?
Niira Radia: 6 4 6 1...
Sunil Arora: 6 4 6 1...
Niira Radia: ...2 6 5 0
Sunil Arora: Theek hai. (Okay)
Niira Radia: 5 minutes...
[Tape ends abruptly]
3. Radia Tapes: Radia and RK Chandolia
R.K. Chandolia: Personal secretary to A Raja
Date: Friday 22, May 2009
Time: 09:17:06
00:00.671
(phone ringing)
00:35.834
Chandolia: Hello?
00:36.536
Niira: Hi!
00:37.939
Chandolia: Haan (Yes), Good morning.
00:39.422
Niira: Good morning. (inaudible) Congress ne toh statement thank God
issue kar diya hai...Barkha ne karvah liya usse statement...
(Congress has made a statement, Thank god. Barkha made them say it)...
00:46.713
Chandolia: Haan haan huh ... (Ya ya...)
00:47.890
Chandolia: Ke (That) it's not about individuals eh... it's about uh..
it's...
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00:51.507
Chandolia: Haan, woh to maine dekh liya usme aa gya na, usme aa raha
tha, Manish Tewari ka... (Yes, I've already seen that, it was coming,
the one with Manish Tewari...)
00:55.395
Niira: Woh karna bohot zaruri tha... (It was important to get that
done)
00:57.603
Chandolia: Haan haan haan... (Yes yes yes)
00:58.158
Niira: ...because otherwise it is unnecessarily causing...(female
voices in the background)... (inaudible) ye apna laga tha...
(they've would've got our us..) Any feedback for... I spoke to
Minister two o'clock in the night last night...
01:05.412
Chandolia: hmm hmm..
01:05.636
Niira: ...because aaa.... he said that eh Congress had to call
amm..aa.. the Chee .. Chief Minister directly in the morning.
01:13.577
Chandolia: Hmm...
01:13.906
Niira: ...and tell them about Baalu..because Baalu pe issue tha (The
issue was with respect to Baalu)
01:18.200
Chandolia: Accha... (ok)
01:19.320
Niira: Toh abhi party mein yeh log yeh keh rahe hai ke tum log agar
Baalu or Raja aur jo bhi hai Maran ye sab chal rahe ke... (So, now
those people in the party are saying that if you'll are taking Baalu
and Raja and who so ever it is Maran etc)...Azhagiri has now put his
foot down na...?
01:25.101
...: Kya? (What?)
01:26.914
Niira: He's...you see the problem is not what we are all thinking. I
had a long chat with Raja and ehh with Kani last night.
01:31.210
...: Hmm Hmm.
01:31.625
Niira: Azhagiri is a mass leader.
01:35.069
...: Haan. (Ya)
01:35.902
Niira: He controls a very large following.
01:38.036
Chandolia: Uh huh.
01:39.325
Niira: You were saying I'll give him MoS independent and you giving
Maran cabinet, is where the hiccup has come up.
01:45.235
Chandolia: Correct correct correct.