Businessman Vijay Mallya, former chief of Kingfisher Airlines and ex-owner of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), who has been accused of multiple financial frauds, finally broke his nine-year silence in a four-hour podcast. In the podcast, he spoke about all the allegations that were made against him, what led to the downfall of his empire, and much more. While speaking to Raj Shamani, he clarified that people can call him a fugitive, as he didn’t return to India owing to reasons he deemed valid, but should call him ‘chor’ (thief).
Comedian Shuabham Guar on Vijay Mallya’s latest podcast
As soon as the podcast was released, netizens couldn’t keep calm and shared multiple reactions, memes, and videos to show their reaction. Comedian Shubham Gaur also took to his social media handle to share a hilarious video. In his clip, he can be seen counting money, which came fresh out of an ATM, and saying, “I have seen the whole podcast of Vijay Mallya with Raj Shamani, and I have understood, we need to return the money to him and not the other way around.”“I have withdrawn money that I owe to him from the ATM, just tell me, whether I will have to go to London to give him the money, or he will come to Noida to collect,” he added with a straight face. His video’s caption read – “Final settlement with Vijay Mallya.” Further, in the post caption, he wrote – “Vijay Mallya to Devmanush nikla [ podcast, raj shamani, #shubhamgaur memes ]”The entire comment section got flooded with laughing emoticons.
What did Vijay Mallya say?
In the 4-hour-long podcast, Vijay Mallya spoke in detail about what led to the downfall of his airline and how he came under massive debt. He explained that initially, he had no loan from SBI, but after his company’s merger with another entity (which took a loan from SBI), things changed. “The two different groups of banks that both the airlines had borrowed money from combined as one entity when the two merged,” he said.Further, he expressed his discontent with the term ‘chor’ being associated with his name. He shared, “Call me a fugitive for not going to India post-March (2016). I didn’t run away, I flew out of India on a prescheduled visit. Fair enough, I did not return for reasons that I consider were valid, so if you want to call me a fugitive, go ahead, but where is the ‘chor’ coming from… where is the ‘chori’?”After the podcast episode release, Vijay took to X to write, – “For those who are interested, I have spoken for the first time in nine years on this podcast. I want to say sorry to the employees of Kingfisher Airlines and also to set the record straight with facts and the truth.”
