New Delhi: After long 9 years, Vijay Mallya has appeared on a Podcast with Raj Shamani; in this podcast, Raj Shamani asks all the brutal questions Vijay Mallya asked was the reason Why you didn’t come to India and why he left India”. On this podcast, Vijay Mallya has opened up many secrets of the government. Vijay Mallya has said to Raj Shamani that he told the late former finance minister, Arun Jaitley, that he was about to fly out of India to London before he left for the airport in March 2016.
At the time, there was supposed to be a CBI lookout circular issued against him. Vijay Mallya said that he was not aware of any LOC against him, nor that it had been downgraded by the CBI from detaining him to informing immigration authorities of his travel plans. Some certain TV anchors and the Indian government want to see him in jail clothes, eating the jail food, in Tihar and spending the rest of his life behind bars. If that is what is inevitable, what options do I have? It might be inevitable; I’m not an astrologer. I will fight my way in court, said Vijay Mallya.
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— Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) June 6, 2025
He also stated that I told Finance Minister Arun Jaitley before leaving for the airport, and then I flew from Delhi to London on the way to Geneva for a meeting which was fixed months ago. I told the then-finance minister because I went from Parliament to Delhi airport. When this news hit the media, once again, it created a storm. People went running to Mr Jaitley. He denied meeting me. A congress MP saw us and then said to the media, NO, I saw them together. Mr Jaitley has to retract his statement and say Yes, yes, I met him, but only while walking; it was a fleeting meeting.
I never said that I went to Mr Arun Jaitley’s office, sat in front of him, has tea with him. All I said I told the finance minister while leaving; I’m going to London and going to Geneva for a meeting; please tell the banks to sit across the table and settle with me. How long does this one sentence take? You see the way he denied it, and when a Congress MP pointed out his mistake that he saw us, he quickly changed.
He also said he has always planned to go back to India, but his Indian passport was revoked. In the four-hour podcast, Vijay Mallya also said he would be prepared to return to India. If I have the assurance of a fair trial and assurance of dignified existence in India, I will think about returning to India seriously; he then reminded Raj Shamnai of the judgement in the Sanjay Bhandari case, which found Indian detention conditions a violation of Article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights, which may mean he could not be extradited now.
When asked why he had not gone already, as he had lost his extradition battle in the courts, the 69-year-old Vijay Mallya said, My stay in England is fully legitimate. There is more than the particular case you are referring to. There are ongoing one of the legal battles I am fighting. There are many secrets Vijay Mallya have said in that podcast will blow your mind.
