Following is the report By Aam Aadmi Party in their official facebook page.:

1) Money laundering by Mr. Mukesh Ambani and Reliance

The UPA government has not even bothered to investigate an open and shut case of huge money laundering done by Reliance and Mr. Mukesh Ambani.

This is despite that fact that Indian High Commission in Singapore had written to the Central Government as far back as on 31st August 2011 requesting for such an investigation (Annexure A).

The High Commission had stated that Rs 6530 crores have come into India from Bio Metrix Marketing Ltd., a one room company in Singapore that does not do any business. It was pointed out that this is a company with no assets, no equity and does not file an income tax returns in Singapore claiming to be a small company. Yet, this huge investment by this company of Rs 6530 crores is the single biggest FDI into India from Singapore.

The High Commission had stated that all this money has gone into Reliance group of companies in India with the major chunk going to Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure Ltd which is a company 100% owned by Mr. Mukesh Ambani personally.

The Commission had pointed out that one Mr. Atul Shanti Kumar Dayal effectively owns this company Bio Metrix (which apparently has now closed down). According to our own research, Mr. Dayal is nothing but a front for Reliance and he is a Director in 32 Reliance group companies (Annexure B).

Thus it is absolutely clear that Reliance is laundering its ill-gotten profits in India through Singapore (particularly from KG basin gas) and depositing the same into accounts of Mr. Mukesh Ambani.

Yet this UPA government has not even bothered to investigate this and arrest Mr. Ambani, and instead showered him with one benefit after another.

2) Seeking extension of tainted and compromised officer

Mr. Sudhir Vasudeva is the Chairperson & Managing Director (CMD) of the Central Government undertaking Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) since October 2011. He is retiring tomorrow, i.e. on 28th February 2014.

UPA Government chose Mr. Vasudeva for appointment as CMD of ONGC in October 2010. But then his vigilance clearance was rejected by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). Undeterred, the UPA Govt again sought his vigilance clearance for the second time. His clearance was again rejected by the CVC relying upon the reports of the CVO (Annexure C). Despite this, UPA Government appointed Mr. Vasudeva as the CMD of ONGC in October 2011 (either without vigilance clearance or by seeking the clearance for the third time).

It was due to the valuation report given by Mr. Vasudeva that ONGC did not exercise its right of first refusal and allowed the lucrative Rajasthan oil block held by Cairn Energy to be sold to Vedanta. It is now clear that the valuation was rigged & undervalued, and the ONGC ought to have exercised its right.

During his tenure he favoured RIL by allowing them to extend into ONGC fields and extract natural gas (Annexure D). A petition in Delhi HC is also pending regarding the favours extended by Mr. Vasudeva to the KG basin gas block.

Now the UPA Government (particularly petroleum minister Mr. Veerappa Moily) wanted to further extend his tenure by at least one year.

His file for vigilance clearance was submitted to CVC. CVC stated that there are 6 cases pending against him in the Ministry that have not been taken to their logical conclusion. CVC has also pointed out that Dr. Furquan’s petition is pending in Delhi HC relating to KG Basin and that CVC itself has sought a response from the Ministry on these issues.

But Mr. Moily over ruled the CVC and sought to give him the extension against the said recommendation without a vigilance clearance (Annexure E). Mr. Moily wrote to the Prime Minister stating “I therefore strongly recommend him (Mr. Vasudeva) to continue in the office at least for one more year” (Annexure F).

Mr. Moily forgot that it is absolutely illegal to make an appointment or grant extension for a senior position like that of a CMD of ONGC without a proper vigilance clearance from the CVC. After negative reports appeared in the media yesterday, it is now learnt that the Cabinet Committee has overruled Mr. Moily and has not extended the term of Mr. Vasudeva.

This development shows the extent to which Mr. Moily can go to appoint tainted officers in key positions, in order to serve the vested interests of this government and its favoured companies like Reliance.

3) Removing an honest officer

On the one hand, Mr Moily seeks to extends the tenure of tainted and compromised officers, and on the other hand he has shunted out an honest officer who stood up to him and Reliance.

Shri R N Choubey had been serving as the Director General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), the petroleum regulator.

Under Article 4 of the agreement (PSC) between the Central Government and Reliance regarding the KG-D6 block of natural gas, relinquishment of areas at the end of each Phase of Exploration is mandatory and it cannot be subject to the whims and fancies of Ministers and officials. Relinquishment under the PSC is intended to put the contractors under pressure to carry out exploration speedily and efficient so that areas remaining inadequately explored could be taken back by the government and put to re-auction in a competitive environment in order that the public benefits may get maximised.

The UPA Government has consistently defaulted on implementing the PSC and Reliance was allowed to enter phase 3 without relinquishing any part of the field, when it ought to have relinquished almost 86% of their area. Mr. V K Sibal (former DGH) colluded with Reliance and allowed them to retain the entire area. An FIR against Mr. Sibal is pending with the Delhi anti-corruption branch.

Even at this late stage, Shri R N Choubey (DGH) reviewed the entire issue and demanded the relinquishment of 6497.12 sq km of the area from Reliance that includes the area of D29, D30 and D31 reserves. DGH had given detailed reasons why the said area needs to be relinquished as per the PSC.

Reliance disputed this and stated that it be allowed to retain D29, D30 and D31 reserves. Mr. Moily has now overruled the DGH and his own officers at the Ministry by stating that there is a difference of opinion on the issue between the contractor (Reliance) and the DGH, and a “balanced view” needs to be taken (Annexure G).

After the Ministry tried to unfairly blame the DGH on this issue, Shri Choubey as DGH wrote a strongly worded letter to the Ministry defending its position and virtually blaming the Ministry for its incorrect reading of the PSC (Annexure H).

Now, immediately after this, the UPA Government and Mr. Moily has got Shri Choubey removed as the DGH and has appointed a new DGH. This shows the extent to which the Government can go to help their favourite company Reliance.

All the events above confirm what Mr. Mukesh Ambani had told Mr. Ranajan Bhatacharya as evidenced in the Radia tapes, that Congress is his own dukaan.

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